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Unit: Era 2 - Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)

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2.0: Era 2 Overview

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Era 2 Overview
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WATCH: Era 2 Overview
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READ: Era 2 Overview - The Earliest Humans
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Frames in Era 2
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WATCH: Frames in Era 2
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2.1: Humans as a Divergence

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READ: Human Communities Populate the Earth
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READ: Art of the Paleolithic
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READ: The Chronometric Revolution
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2.2: Foragers

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READ: Foraging Communities and Networks
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READ: Paleolithic Culture and Common Human Experiences
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Language Networks and Social Life
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WATCH: Language Networks and Social Life
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2.3: Farmer Revolution

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Agricultural Revolution
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The Agricultural Revolution
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READ: The First Farmers in Africa, the Cradle of Humanity
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2.4: Was Farming a Good Idea?

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READ: Transition to Farming — Differing Perspectives
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Farming and the State
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WATCH: Farming and the State
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In humans’ 250,000 year history, farming is a very recent development. What caused us to stop looking for food and start making it? What were the many, many consequences of this change?