We looked at many concepts related to the origins of significant developments of writing, record keeping, and innovations in metallurgy, laws and agriculture in the Near East, primarily Sumer and Egypt. Prior to that we considered the emergence of modern human beings from Africa and their spread across all continents of the planet. During the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods humans endured many changes in climate and adapted to different environments as many of them transitioned from hunter gatherers and a nomadic lifestyle nomads to that of settled food producers. For our second discussion I would like you to find an image related to the ideas presented in the past two weeks and explain why it has meaning for you. Please limit this to the time period covered -prehistory - the ancient world. 2 paragraph photo ...