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1. Etymology. The study of the origins of words
2. Mesolithic. The Middle Stone Age Period.
3. Neolithic. The New Stone Age Period.
4. Paleolithic. The Old Stone Age Period.
5. Rural. Describes the area outside cities; the country.
6. Urban. Describes the area that makes up a city.
Explanation:
1. Etymology - Etymology is the study of the historical meaning and origin of words. It can also track the way in which the meaning of words have changed throughout history. The word lithics for example, which is the root of the words that describe different periods of prehistoric human social development used below, means "stone tools." For example, English is derived from an Old West Germanic language and it explains who the Old English roots of words like our numbers sound similar to the modern German numbers, like the word seven in English and the word sieben in German.
2. Mesolithic - This is a term used by archaeologists to describe the cultural and social evolution of communities that are between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods. This period is characterized by the use of chipped stone tools that are smaller in size than the technology that was seen in the Paleolithic period. In the Mesolithic, the tools that define that period are called microliths. There are also bladelets and other innovations that help experts identify settlements and individuals from the Mesolithic period. The people of Mesolithic lived by hunting, fishing, and food gathering.
3. Neolithic -- The Neolithic began about 12,000 years ago when the first developments of farming appeared in the Near East, and later in other parts of the world. The division lasted from about 6,500 years ago (4500 BC), marked by the development of metallurgy, leading up to the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Scholars now believe the stone ages ended differently for different regions of the world. For example, in Northern Europe, the Neolithic lasted until about 1700BC, while in China some scholars feel it extended until 1200BC.
4. Paleolithic-- This is the longest period of human prehistory. It covers from when we first know that hominins in our genus used stone tools some 3.3 million years ago with Homo habilis, up until the end of the Pleistocene about 11,650 cal BP. In the later parts of this period, archaeologists have found evidence of humans beginning to produce art and there is evidence of rituals associated with burials that indicate spiritual beliefs.
5. Rural- Throughout our ancient history humans have spent our longest period as hunter-gathers in small communities. Rural is still a relevant term to describe the area outside of cities. Economically rural areas today tend to be based highly on agriculture. The proportion of urban to rural population is becoming increasingly urban, especially in the 20th and 21st centuries. This is a big and recent change at the scale of human evolution.
6. Urban- The earliest cities were in the ancient near east during the Bronze Age. According to the Sumerians, the first city was Eridu, near Uruk, but there are other claimants like Jericho and Damascus. This region is generally known as Mesopotamia and it includes what today is Syria, the West Bank, Iraq, and other countries in that region. It is believed that farming and animal husbandry eventually lead some communities to settle and become more sedentary and cooperative with differentiation of labor and different scales of wealth.
