LOOKING BACK AT HUMAN BIO-CULTURAL

AND SOCIAL EVOLUTION

Prepared by:
CHERRY JANE SISON WAKAT
LEARNING COMPETENCY:
1. Trace the biological and cultural evolution of early to modern
humans.
2. Explore the significance of human materials remains and
artifactual evidence in interpreting cultural and social, including
political and economic processes; and
3. Recognize national, local, and specialized museums and
archeological and historical sites as venues to appreciate and
reflect on the complexities of bio-cultural and social evolution as
part of being and becoming human
ANSWER THE FF:
1. What do you see in the picture? Describe their
appearance and expressions
2. What is happening in the photo?
3. List 3 things you might infer from the picture
4. What questions does this photograph raise in your
mind?
POINTS TO REMEMBER:
 Anthropologists – search for and examine
fossils; like bones and teeth of prehistoric people
 Archeologists – search for and examine artifact;
like pottery and stone tools
 Paleoanthropologists – study human
physical and cultural development
“ORIGIN OF
SPECIES”
HOW DID THE WAY OF
LIFE OF THE EARLY
MEN PROGRESS???
RESEARCH ON THE FF:
1. How would you differentiate biological and cultural evolution?
2. How can you differentiate the Hominids from the Homo Sapiens?
3. Explain Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and its connection to
his theory of natural selection
4. How did the Homo sapiens successfully control their
environment?
5. Complete the table: discuss the important biological and cultural
developments of the Hominids and Homo Sapiens.
BIOLOGICAL
CULTURAL
SPECIES DEVELOPMENTS/PHYSICA
DEVELOPMENTS
L DEVELOPMENTS
HOMINIDS
HOMO HABILIS
HOMO ERECTUS
CRO-MAGNON
WHAT IS CULTURAL EVOLUTION?

The process of development which occurs when human

beings adapt themselves with their surroundings and be
able to survive within the environment
PALEOLITHIC AGE
 “palaois” – Old
 “lithos”- Stone
 Human beings- dependent upon the environment
- hunter (men) gatherers (women)
- Nomads (no permanent shelter) (travelers)
- created tribes
- found out how to crop out and harvest in a particular area
- Agriculture
- creation of Fire
 EARLY CIVILIZATION
AND THE RISE OF THE
STATE
CHOOSE 3 ARTIFACT/TOOLS AND
STATE WHAT COULD BE THEIR
IMPACT TO PEOPLE/STUDENTS
SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND
POLITICAL LIVES.
IDENTIFY 2 THINGS THAT YOU
BELIEVE CAN STILL BE DEVELOPED OR
INVENTED . STATE YOUR REASON WHY
THEY ARE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT