Anthropology 101 1st Edition Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture I. Upper PaleolithicII. Homo Sapiens SapiensIII. Biological vs. Cultural IV. Global ExpansionV. SahulVI. New WorldVII. NeolithicVIII. Hunting and GatheringIX. Domestication Outline of Current Lecture I. Emergence of citiesII. Settled livingIII. Drawbacks of Urban livingIV. Life expectancy Current Lecture-Mesopotamia +/- 5,000 BPoIncludes what is present day IraqoThe middle of the riversoDifferent societies lived there -Egypt 6,000-4,000-Indus Valley 6,000-4,000These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-China +/- 5,000-Peru 4,000-Mesoamerica 2,000 -Settled Living (always)-Increased Population (always)-Surplus food (always)-Occupational specialization (always)-Technologic innovations (always)-Stratification (sometimes)-Central coercive authority (sometimes)-Corvee (Labor) (sometimes)-Intensive agriculture (sometimes)-Environmental crash (sometimes) Drawbacks to Urban Life-Environmental Degradation -Inequality -Poverty-Famine-War-Stratification Some Estimates of Life Expectancy at Birth-Upper Paleolithic: 20-Neolithic: 20-Greece/Rome: 28-Pre Columbian N. American: 25-30-Medieval Britain: 20-30-Early 20th C: 30-45oIn US +30 years; +25 years due to advances in public health-Current US: 66.5-Colonial New England: 40% babies die before adulthood -London 1730-49: 75% babies died before 5-London 1810-29: 32% babies died before
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