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Australopithecines First Hominids. 4 million to 1 million B.C.E. Found in Southern and Eastern Africa. Brain size 500 cm^3 (cubic centimeters). First humanlike creature to walk upright. Homo Habilis First of the Homo gene. 2.5 million to 1.5 million B.C.E. Found in East Africa. Brain size 700 cubic centimeters. Could make tools. Homo Erectus 1.6 million to 30,000 B.C.E. Found in Africa, Asia and Europe. Brain size 1,000 cubic centimeters. Neanderthal 200,000 to 30,000 B.C.E. Found in Europe and Southwest Asia. Brain size 1,450 cubic centimeters. First to have ritual burials. Cro-Magnon 40,000 to 8000 B.C.E. Found in Europe. Brain size 1,400 cubic centimeters. Created art. Homo Sapiens Sapiens Actual modern human. Paleolithic Old Stone Age. Most human societies were of Hunt and Gather. Children were treated well. Started 2.5 million years ago. Ended 8000 B.C.E Neolithic New Stone Age. Most human societies were Civilizations. Children were mistreated. Started 8000 B.C.E. Ended 3500 B.C.E. Hunting and Gathering Nomadic societies in which men were after animals to survive; they hunted. Women usually looked for fruits; they gathered. Families had few children because it was hard to transport them and take care of them. Agriculture Sedentary societies did this to prosper and live. With this came civilizations because people could worry about things other than just hunting for food. There were more professions. Women were discriminated. Families had many children, but they mistreated them. Disobeyment could end up in death. There were more diseases since everyone was closer together. Prehistory the period of time before written records BCE/CE Before Common Era/Common Era BC/AD Before Christ/Anno Domini Domestication The taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food Surplus The "extra" or bonus of something Bronze Age a period in history of mankind, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age, during which bronze and other metallic weapons and tools where created