Journal Post #1: Chapter 1

After reading the first sections of the textbook it provides a different view on history that I have not considered before. I didn't realize that in the history of the earth, humans have not been a species for a long time. I have study the paleolithic time period before in school but the way the information was presented as a straight timeline, it seemed as though human species before us lived on the earth one at a time. One species disappeared and another version of human would live on earth. I had no idea that more than one species lived at the same time. Reading about the paleolithic time period where men and women are equal, because they both contribute for themselves along wit the other people in their community. That it illustrates that inequality is a product of our society. That perhaps it is human nature to take care of one another but greed which is easier in today's world because of money and material objects makes it difficult. That these people lived in tight knit communities but today everyone is focused on themselves. But in today's world is difficult to not be. I do think it would be interesting to learn about the social struggles paleolithic people faced. These people lived in small groups of about 20 people, were there situations where are person was pushed out of group? if so what actions could have lead to that? Was this even something that occurred?