The major developments of early human and social evolution
Apparently social and early human evolution determines all the inner changes in the core of the society, its structure and interaction of people with each other and environment. The term “development” means that we observe the positive changes within the area of social interaction. We may compare the society with a living organism as it is constantly evolving, acquiring some features, characteristics and abilities. Just like an organism evolve from the simplest form of the complex of various organs responsible for certain functions, the society evolves having different groups responsible for certain actions and functions ("Early Human Evolution: Early Human Culture").
The early humans had to evolve in order to survive. And this development may be observed not only in the way of making the new tools, but in their social relationships. Early humans starts sharing their food with others, they gather in groups so it is much easier to get some food, to hunt and to defend themselves from wild animals. With the growth of their brain, their understanding of socialization also grows. They realize that it is much better to create bigger shelters and live there in the so-called communities ("Human Evolution: The Origin Of Tool Use"). That is why there are clear evidence of the social development of early humans in the form of gathering their food and tools and transporting it to one spot so they can make some use of it together. This intention to socialize may be justified by the realization of the power of social groups.
Another important step in the development of social relationships is the start of exchanging the goods or in other words the simple first trade. Such relationships makes people dependable on each other and result in social evolution and creating of many groups and alliances between them.
Agriculture, domestication and pastoralism in early ancient Nile Valley and Southern African communities
The ancient Nile Valley is practically a perfect place for a farming since it is completely provided with the water from the Nile river. Unfortunately, there were not so many cultures they might grow until the bringing of barley and wheat. In fact, the scientists cannot trace the exact time of starting farming there because of the climate and geographical position. The erosion plays a very big deal there, so you must dig for a few meters deep in order to find some evidence. All the evidence that are found, shows that the habitants of that lands are very mobile, so they were moving from place to place.
Opposed to the farming, the fact of mobility of the habitants proves the fact of them having a developed badarian cattle herding farms. Apparently, the most popular product were the fish since they lived on the bank of one of the biggest rivers in the world. According to some of the resources, people for Nile Valley were the first to use the wild grain and make use of the water resources (Smith). The development of the farms and domestication of plants led to the need of people to trade, which also results in cultural development as people were constantly interacting with each other.
As for the hunting, the habitants of the ancient Nile Valley used some tools made of stone and bones. They also invented some efficient methods for keeping the food fresh as well as some ways of cooking it like smoking or drying. The main cultures cultivated there were millet, sorghum, rice as well as the palm oil.
Works Cited
"Early Human Evolution: Early Human Culture". Anthro.palomar.edu. N.p., 2016. Web. 8 Apr. 2016.
"Human Evolution: The Origin Of Tool Use". LiveScience.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 8 Apr. 2016.
Smith, Andrew. "Development Of Early Farming And Pastoralism". Oxford Bibliographies Online s n. pag. Web. 8 Apr. 2016.
