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- 1Prehistorya period of human existence before written records.
- 2Archaeologythe scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their culture by artifacts and or inscriptions...
- 3Artifactsany object made by humans that can be used with a view of subsequent.
- 4AnthropologyThe study of human life and culture..
- 5Fossilsany remain or impression of a former geologic age..
- 6Radio Carbon Datinga method of determining the age of something containing organic material by using properties of radio carbon.
- 7HominidEarly humans and creatures that walk upright.
- 8Olduvai GorgeA ravine in northern Tanzania that contains archaeological sites rich in fossils and Paleolithic implements.
- 9" Lucy"A early human ancestor that is 3.2 million years old, Australopithecus afarensis skeleton ever found, though her remains are only about 40 percent complete but that is alot.
- 10AustralopithecusA past genus for the hominids. The genes of Australopithecus, they say evolved in eastern Africa around 4 million years ago.
- 11"Ardie"discovered in Africa in 1992; the oldest skeleton of an early human 4.4 million years old.
- 12"homo habillis"The species of primitive man. And the first to use stone tools.
- 13"homo erectus"A ancestor to homo sapiens, and a species of extinct humans. Known for the fossil remains dating from 1.9 million million to less than 100,000 years ago.
- 14'homo sapiens'the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong. They were hunter-gatherers and
- 15CultureA unique way of life.
- 16Anthropologistscientist who study cultures past or present
- 17Mary and Lewis Leakeyanthropologists who first found prehistoric footprints, then skeletons of homo habillis in Africa
- 18Donald JohansonIn 1974 he discovered the skeletal remains of and adult female hominid who lived about 3.5 million years ago.
- 19Old Stone AgeA age when early humans made tools of stone
aka: Paleothic Age - 20Neolithic AgeBeginning of farming. Beginnings of towns and staying there.
- 21Australopithecinesscientific name for "Lucy"
- 22Neanderthalssub of homo-sapiens
- 23Cro-MagnonIs a common name that has been used to describe the first early modern humans.
- 24"Out of Africa" theoryan archaeological site,
the site demonstrates how humanity changed during the transition from the Neolithic period (the New Stone Age) to the Chalcolithic (or Copper) period, as well as from hunting and gathering towards herding and farming - 25Paleolithic Agedevelopment of the most primitive stone tools discovered, and covers roughly 95%[1] of human technological prehistory.
- 26Lascaux cavediscovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times.
- 27Domesticationto convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- 28Catal Huyuk
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