ANCIENT TIME

Vanlyke Vaughn L. Fernandez

The first humans
• 6 million years ago – Hominini tribe separated
from the apes.

• 2.8 million years ago – Homo genus emerged.

• 200,000 years ago – Homo sapiens sapiens

(modern day humans)
ANCIENT
TIME
ANCIENT TIME
• 2.8 million years ago – Used tools.
• Did not make much development in
almost 2 million years.

• Discovery of fire
• Cooking
• Survival
• Hunting
ANCIENT TIME
• 300, 000 years ago
• Humans lived as hunter gatherer societies
• Fire
• Wood and stone tools
• Buried the dead
• Cultures
• Future planning

• Communication – most important

achievement
ANCIENT
TIME
• 50,000 years ago
• Development of tools
• Complex culture
• More advanced language
• Enhanced cooperation
among large groups
• Humans were “survival
specialists”
• Knew a lots about plants
and animals
ANCIENT TIME
• 12,000 years ago
• Agriculture was developed
• Storage of food
• Increase food production
• Invention of tools

• Civilizations began

village cities kingdom

ANCIENT TIME
• 3100 BC
• Transportation and navigation
• Better location
• Food
ANCIENT TIME
• 3100 BC
• Communication
• Facilitation of trades
• Prevent conflicts
• Search for allies

• Weapons and armor

• Settle conflicts over vital resources
• Protect territory
HISTORICAL
ANTECEDENTS
IN SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
OBJECTIVES

ANCIENT PERIOD

MIDDLE AGES

MODERN AGES
INVENTIONS BY FILIPINO
SCIENTISTS
ANCIENT PERIOD

• PAPER
• Egyptians used “Papyrus” from the pith
of the plant “Cyperus papyrus”.

• SHADOOF
• Tool used by ancient Egyptians to
irrigate land.
ANCIENT PERIOD

• ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM (150-100 BC)

• One of the oldest known antecedents
of modern clockwork.
• Thought to be the oldest form of
analog computers
• Allowed astronomical predictions

• AEOLIPILE (Hero’s Engine)

• Believed to be the ancient precursor
of the steam engine
MIDDLE AGES
• HEAVY PLOUGH
• Improved farming systems of our ancestors.

• GUNPOWDER
• Invented by Chinese to develop warfare.

• PAPER MONEY
• First utilized by the Chinese in 17th century.
MIDDLE AGES

• MECHANICAL CLOCK
• More accurate than its predecessors.
• Allowed the start of work patterns and
schedules.
MODERN AGES
• COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
• Developed by Zacharias Janssen in
1590.
• One of the most important instrument
in scientific studies.

• TELESCOPE
• Invented by Galileo Galilei
• Important instrument in Astronomy
and Navigation
MODERN AGES

• JACQUARD LOOM
• Simplifies textile
manufacturing.
• It can make complex textile
designs in a short span of
time.
• It enables mass production.
MODERN
AGES
• ENGINE POWERED AIRPLANE
• Designed by Orville and Wilbur
Wright

• They paved the way for modern

aircraft technology.
 E-Jeepney
• Leonardo Sarao

Erythromycin
INVENTIONS BY • Abelardo Aguilar

FILIPINO Medical Incubator

SCIENTISTS • Dr. Fe del Mundo

Mole Remover
• Rolando dela Cruz

Banana Ketchup
• Maria Orosa