What is the meaning of the prehistoric period of human history

The prehistoric period is a formal history of the development of man in China before the beginning, including the early ape-man, the late ape-man, the matrilineal clan, and the legend of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, until the establishment of the Xia Dynasty. This period spans the largest period of time, from about 1.7 million years ago to the 21st century BC. The ape-men included the Yuanmou people in Yunnan, the Lantian people in Shaanxi, and the later Peking people had new progress in the head structure, and the Peking people used crude stone tools and lived an extremely difficult primitive life.

After that, the matrilineal clan and the patrilineal clan period, the matrilineal clan commune had a common ancestor, and now the word "surname" vividly reflects the fact of the ancient matrilineal clan. After its heyday, matrilineal clans gradually declined, transitioning to the patrilineal clan period, and at the same time, monogamous families were formed, and primitive societies began to disintegrate. The patrilineal clan was followed by the heroic age, the middle and lower reaches of the Great River became a population area, and the Guanzhong Plain and Hedong Basin formed a Chinese tribal group, with Emperor Yan, Emperor Huangdi, Chiyou and later Yao, Shun, and Yu being the protagonists of this period.

The Yao, Shun and Yu periods were also the stages of transition to a slave society, Yu had the title of Xia Hou, that is, the king of Zhuxia, with the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, the prehistoric period also came to an end, and China entered the era of ancient civilization.

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With the continuous development, in order to better distinguish and study, we have divided the past into many periods, and the prehistoric period is one of them. So when does the prehistoric period refer to? Let's take a look.

Prehistoric time refers to when

Prehistoric time refers to the period from about 2 million years ago to the 21st century BC. Prehistoric time can be roughly divided into three stages, namely primitive people, matrilineal societies and patrilineal societies.

Primitive populations are the primary stage of prehistory and the earliest form of social organization of human beings. The primitive population can be roughly divided into two stages: ape and ancient, in the ape stage, the ape man can use tools to make stone tools, collect fruits and dig roots for life, and at the same time hunt to a certain extent. And at this time, the ape-man also used natural fire.

In the ancient stage, in addition to improving the ability to make stone tools, they also began to master the method of artificial fire.

Matrilineal society, also known as matrilineal clan system, is when people began to make bows and arrows for hunting, and also learned how to sew animal skins and clothes, etc., and in the later period of matriarchal society, agriculture, handicrafts, and so on.

About 4,000 years ago, China began to enter the patrilineal society Sun Zhengsui, and at that time, the scale of agriculture and livestock breeding began to expand, bronze ware began to appear, and silk fabrics were invented.