Human Society

Human society has gone through several stages.

• Stone Age:
  • Palaeolithic
  • Mesolithic
  • Neolithic: Began around 9000BC
• Bronze Age: 3500BC - 1000BC.
• Iron Age
• Atomic Age: Began in the 1940s or 1950s.
• Space Age: Began with the launch of Sputnik by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1957.
• Information Age: Following the explosion of computers.

There have been several major lifestyle revolutions which have radically changed human society:

• Agricultural Revolution: Around 7000bc. Shifting from hunter-gatherer society to agrocultural society.
• Industrial Revolution: Around 1900ce. Major technological advancements, most importantly in medicine and the use of fossil fuels.
• Green Revolution: Following World War II, industrialised agriculture allowed us to increase our food production ten-fold. And thousands of people are still dying of malnutrition.
• Information Revolution