Change from old stone age to new stone age does not indicate progress
Date Submitted: 08/15/2003 13:51:17
In the old and new stone ages people were self-sufficient. The only necessities were food and shelter. Thus the only skills that were needed were in regard to gathering, hunting, farming and finding a cave. Life was simple. Then came civilizations. Civilizations brought new necessities for people. Jobs, complex governments etc... This broadened people's horizons. It also made life more complicated. The change from the Old and New Stone Ages to Civilization does not indicate
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and conquered less outfitted groups. Civilization produced job specialization, forcing people to become part of a class. With classes comes racism. Civilizations also created complex governments. By definition government is taking power from the people and transferring it to others. Based on this evidence it is possible to say that not only was their no progress from the Paleolithic age to ancient civilizations but none at all since then (old stone age, new stone age).
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