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The document outlines the progression of human history through various ages, including the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Scientific Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and the Information Age. It details significant developments in technology, society, and culture during these periods, such as the emergence of agriculture, the invention of writing, and advancements in science and industry. Additionally, it highlights the impact of the Gutenberg Revolution and the rise of digital technology on information dissemination.

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STS Lecture 1

The document outlines the progression of human history through various ages, including the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Scientific Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and the Information Age. It details significant developments in technology, society, and culture during these periods, such as the emergence of agriculture, the invention of writing, and advancements in science and industry. Additionally, it highlights the impact of the Gutenberg Revolution and the rise of digital technology on information dissemination.

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[Link] AGE
[Link] AGE
[Link] AND MIDDLE AGES
[Link] REVOLUTION
[Link] REVOLUTION
6.18TH TO 19TH CENTURY
7.20TH CENTURY TO DATE
[Link] AGE
[Link]-GUTENBERG ERA
[Link] GUTENBERG REVOLUTION
ELOISE ANN KRISTINE B. MAKASIAR
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen used


this system to classify objects in
the museum He was working with.

It is divided into three ages: the


Stone, Bronze, and Iron ages.

The Stone Age is divided into three periods: the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
These time periods, ranges from 2.5 period. The three periods are divided by the quality and texture of tools during their
mya to 450 AD. respective periods.

The time jumps between each period is based on the technological advances in each
tool use.

The three periods are defined as follows.


1. It is the longest phase of human history, which began 1. Lower Paleolithic Period: Lasted between 2.5 mya to
from 2 mya to 10,000 years ago. 200,000 BC; tools included simple stone choppers. At
2. It is the age of hunter-gatherers and tools mainly used this time, the Australopithecus & Homo erectus
for hunting and foraging. appeared.
3. Tools at this time period are made from stones, wood, 2. Middle Paleolithic Period: The advent of the
flints, and bones. Neanderthal man, around 250,000 - 50,000 BC. The
4. The people organize as bands and act as nomads. Neanderthals appeared to be capable of religious
5. This early period of human development are further practice because of the existence of burials and the
divided into three periods, these are: Lower, Middle, and celebration of the dead.
Upper Paleolithic Periods 3. Upper Paleolithic Period: This is the time when Homo
sapiens groups emerged, at the same time, hunting,
extensive fishing, cloth sewing, and manmade dwellings
emerged. The earliest paintings in caves emerged at
this period.

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The Mesolithic Period is the transition period between the The Neolithic Period is the period of increased permanent
Paleolithic and Neolithic Period. habitation and proper food production.

Various events occurred during this period: Various events occurred during this period:
1. The retreat of glaciers and growth of green biomes. 1. Pottery, ploughs, and more complex tools are created
2. The precursor of the agricultural revolution. and used regularly.
3. More complex and delicate tools, specialized for 2. The agricultural revolution started and changed he
various uses such as microliths. societal sturcture of humans from tribes to small
chiefdoms and villages.

At the start of the Bronze Age, metalworking became important to


culture and technological progress. Metals like copper, bronze, and tin
became new tools of agriculture, science, and war.

At this age came the oldest known civilizations in human history. Most
of which arose in major rivers and geographical areas around the
world.
1. Indus
2. Tigris and Euphrates
3. Yangtze river
[Link]
[Link] and Minoans

Gradually, the Bronze Age collapse happened, and the advent of Iron
as a more durable material replaced bronze.

The history of Europe


Medieval Ages
and its implications

Society Education Technology Medicine


Cathedral schools flourished and Progress of technology during this
European culture is segregated by
became the main source of time is slow and more focused on Superstition is more commonplace
class with a system called
knowledge; some universities that warfare, but some devices were and poor hygiene is also
feudalism. The church held still exist arose from this age. Such as still invented such as the water- normalized.
immense power during that time. Oxford (1167) and Cambridge (1209) mill and paper printing machines.

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Science in China
China [Link]: Study of magnetism and
convex/concave mirrors.
[Link]: 365 and ¼ day calendar.
[Link]: Calipers, square roots,
and quadratic equations.
[Link] Biology: The belief that excess
environmental stress is the cause of
diseases. Various therapies and
diagnostic procedures were
formulated.

Technology and
Inventions
[Link] and early versions of the
printing press.
[Link] powder, guns, and cnnons.
[Link] harness
[Link] clocks and
seismographs.
[Link]-scale silk production.

Pre-Columbian America had three main civilizations these


are the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas.

Infastructure: Large pyramids and temples Infastructure: Sky high cities


Agriculture & Economy: Cocoa beans are used as meduims for trade Agriculture & Economy: Chili, avocado, and alpaca wools
Astronomy: The mayan solar calendar which consisted of 365 days. The Astronomy: The mayan solar calendar which consisted of 365 days. The
existence of a number zero denoted as 0. existence of the decimal.

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This period created great scientific inventions and


progressed technology like no time before it. Some of
which are:

1. The universal model by Copernicus that describes a


Heliocentric model
2. Law of planetary motion by Johannes Kepler gives an elliptical
description of orbits.
3. Work of motion by Galileo Galilei & his new scientific approach,

Scientific Revolution
which includes hypothesis testing.
4. Law of Motion by Isaac Newton.
a. 1st Law of Motion: Description of resting objects
b. 2nd Law of Motion: Accelaration = Force acting on Mass
c. 3rd Law of Motion: For every action there is an opposite
reaction
5. Law of Universal Gravitation: The gravity of an object
corresponds to its weight and inversely square of the distance

Laws &
between centers.

Theories

INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
• The Industrial Revolution marked a period of development in the latter period of
the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies in Europe and
America into industrialized, urban ones.
• 1750 AD to 1895 AD
• Covers the complex technological innovations that led to the substitution of
machines and inanimate power for human skill and human and animal forces,
respectively

Notable
Advancements:
In Biology: discovery of the cell, observation and discovery of microorganisms,
binomial nomenclature, discovery of Ichthyosaur fossils, comparative
anatomy, and vaccination

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Notable
Advancements:
In Chemistry: first mercury thermometer, negative and positive charges,
combustion experiments, atomic theory, electron, and new elements.

Notable Notable
Advancements:
In Biology: Mendelian genetics, DNA structure, genetic engineering, transfer of In Earth Advancements:
Science: discovery of the stratosphere, of Earth’s crust and mantle,
functional genes between mice, sheep cloning, discovery of viruses, and many more. continental drift theory reversal of magnetic field, and seafloor spreading

• Began around the 1970s and is still going on today.


• It is also known as the computer age, digital age, or new media age
• The first iteration of the computer as we now understand it came much
earlier when, in the 1830s, an inventor named Charles Babbage designed a
device called the analytical engine.

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It wasn ’t possible to distribute precise


information to a large number of people.

GUTENBERG
GUTENBERG REVOLUTION
• Books were printed and replicated with the use of the

REVOLUTIO presses. These books were called incunabula (cradle or


birthplace)
• Passing of information became easier
• Gutenberg Bible -the first book printed with a movable
type printer in Europe. It marked the start of Gutenberg

N revolution.

<the>
<rise of>
<digital age>
<the> • Discovered by Charles

<rise of>
Babbage (1822)
• “Father of Computers ”

<digital age>
• He was the first to invent the
Analytical Engine -
automatic computing engine

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<the> <the>
<rise of> <rise of>
<digital age> <digital age>
• The internet and worldwide The rise of modern technology
web emerged away from the printing press - it
• We can now upload and includes computers, cellphones,
download any media we digital cameras etc., that are now
could think of - audio, readily available to pass
video, image. information
• Not only is information
easier, it is also faster.

WHAT IS YOUR
FAVORITE THING
ABOUT THE
INTERNET?

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