How long ago did the first human culture, involving villages and a sense of history, develop?

A. about 1 billion years ago
B. a few million years ago
C. 100,000 to 200,000 years ago
D. about 10,000 years ago
E. about 1,000 years ago

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Check these sites to find the best answer.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6646

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807034,00.html

One of the best ways of learning approximate and relative dates is to create your own illustrated timeline.

Take a long roll of paper -- like freezer wrap. It should be at least 12 feet long.

Draw a line lengthwise down the middle. Then, starting near the left end, mark 3500 B.C. Measure off equal spaces for the number of centuries to 2000, leaving room on the right for events since 2,000. Number each of these centuries -- 3500, 3400, 3300, etc.

Then, as you study various events and people in world history, neatly print them below the line. Above the line, illustrate some of these. A couple of favorites of my students was a ziggurat copied from our text and the Fall of Rome. Some showed a cartoon Roman falling off a cliff.

Have fun with world history. :-)

You could automatically eliminate letter A and letter E as being too extreme (outliers). Look up Neolithic Revoultion or Agricultural Revolution.

To determine how long ago the first human culture involving villages and a sense of history developed, we need to assess the options provided and eliminate the incorrect ones.

Option A: about 1 billion years ago - This option can be eliminated because the first known human-like species, Homo habilis, emerged approximately 2.8 million years ago. Thus, human culture did not develop a billion years ago.

Option B: a few million years ago - This option is plausible since Homo habilis emerged around 2.8 million years ago. However, it is more accurate to consider the later species, Homo sapiens, for the development of villages and a sense of history.

Option C: 100,000 to 200,000 years ago - This option aligns with the emergence of Homo sapiens, which occurred around 200,000 years ago. As Homo sapiens developed advanced cognitive abilities and complex social structures, it is reasonable to assume that human culture involving villages and a sense of history emerged around this time.

Option D: about 10,000 years ago - This option is inaccurate because evidence of human civilization, consisting of settled villages and written records, can be traced back much further than 10,000 years ago.

Option E: about 1,000 years ago - This option is too recent. By 1,000 years ago, human civilizations had already flourished across multiple regions, including Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the civilizations of the Indus Valley.

Therefore, the correct answer is C. Human culture involving villages and a sense of history likely developed around 100,000 to 200,000 years ago with the emergence of Homo sapiens.