Saturday, November 20, 2010

Developing a Culture

          Making tools and creating language were both important parts of developing a culture for the early hominids. Making tools helped ancient humans to build houses, create irrigation, and make all the necessary factors needed to stay put in one place.  Not being on the move all the time helped them to create art, invent things, begin a religion, and build relationships. Tools helped early hominids to create a culture.  The better we wanted our tools to be, the more we had to communicate.  The more we had to communicate, the better our language became.  The better our language was, the more we could tell stories and talk about more abstract things. 
          Language was an important part of building a civilization, because it was basically the way that ancient humans communicated.  When they were able to discuss and talk, and cooperate about things, such as how well a tool works, or how successful the hunt was, then they could improve them.  They could tell each other about what they believed in, and start building a religion, and they could make up stories about natural phenomena and how to complete survival needs.  Without tools or language, life as we know it would most definitely be VERY different from what it is now.

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