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The Human Condition in The Common Era

This document discusses how humans have impacted the environment since the Holocene extinction beginning tens of thousands of years ago. Early humans hunted megafauna to extinction and formed communities that required constant resource use. While war was initially used to resolve disputes, trade emerged as a less violent alternative around 5,000 years ago. As goals shifted to acquiring wealth, farming and manufacturing developed to produce goods for profit. Technology was created to make life easier. Leaders were once based on strength but intelligence became valued over generations. Comparisons of mortality, lifespan, literacy and GDP show improvements from ancient to modern times.

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The Human Condition in The Common Era

This document discusses how humans have impacted the environment since the Holocene extinction beginning tens of thousands of years ago. Early humans hunted megafauna to extinction and formed communities that required constant resource use. While war was initially used to resolve disputes, trade emerged as a less violent alternative around 5,000 years ago. As goals shifted to acquiring wealth, farming and manufacturing developed to produce goods for profit. Technology was created to make life easier. Leaders were once based on strength but intelligence became valued over generations. Comparisons of mortality, lifespan, literacy and GDP show improvements from ancient to modern times.

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THE HUMAN

CONDITION IN THE
COMMON ERA
• For a long time, humans were content with
their relationship with nature.

• Earliest case of man-made extinction


occurred over 12,000 years ago, possibly
brought upon by hunting and territorial
disputes.
Holocene Extinction
(Anthropocene Extinction)
• Occurred from as early as between 100,000 to
200,000 years up to the present.

• It pertains to the ongoing extinction of several


species-both flora and fauna-due to human
activity.
Humans were quick to find ways to
drive off other megafaunas
threatening a prospective hunting
spot and eventually, settling
grounds.
PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE
COMMON ERA
• Hunting

• Formation of communities

• Constant need of resources


• Even though waging wars with other tribes seemed to
be the early solution, they were able to find out some
5,000 years ago that engaging in a peaceful negotiation
was also a possible and less bloody method.

• Trade/tradings have emerged, leading to cross-town


and eventually cross-cultural interaction as more
products were exchanged and the initial needs extended
to wants.
• People then had new objectives such as;

1. Gather as much products as possible.

2. They have turned to wealth as one of their goals as


humans and ultimately as civilizations, for they
perceived that those who have many, live comfortably
and thus are generally happier than those who do not
have sufficient wealth
• Hunting

• Farming

• Producing things with prospect of


profit.
Products of every kind were exchanged such as the
following;
• Crops • Spices
• Cattles • Literature and;
• Poultry • Entertainment
• Clothing materials
• Metals
• Accessories
• Weapons
• Humanity became more complex.

• The primary goal was not merely


to survive, but to live a good life.
TECHNOLOGY has been
instrumental in all of these
because in searching for
the good life, people were
able to come up with
creations that would make
life easier, more
comfortable, and more
enriching.
Washing Machine

Vacuum Cleaner Harvester


People then had became
fixated with gold and were
adamant in procuring
more, trying to use
“incantations” with
mixtures of substances to
turn lead into one.
• Initially, the early leaders were those who
portrayed exceptional strength among their group-
this condition carried on for generations.

• Physical strength was valued at most, although


there appeared to be as many intellectually gifted
figures just the same.
Some notable comparisons then and now;

Mortality Rate
Average Lifespan
Literacy Rate
Gross Domestic
Product
THANK YOU😊 !!!

Prepared by: Alea Shane H. de Mesa

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