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Anthropology |
study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture |
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Archaeologist |
scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind |
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Prehistory |
time before humans invented writing |
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Fossil |
preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant |
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Artifact |
object made by a human being |
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Hunter-gatherer |
person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants |
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Technology |
tools and skills people use to meet their needs and wants |
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Carbon-14 dating |
method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon |
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Culture |
beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people |
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Nomad |
person who moves from place to place without a permanent home |
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Populate |
to become an inhabitant of a place |
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Migration |
movement of people from one place to another |
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Biome |
community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate |
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Adapt |
change |
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Animism |
belief that the natural world is full of spirits |
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Paleolithic Era |
“old stone age” lasting from 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago |
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Neolithic Era |
“new stone age”, started 10.000 years ago when people started farming |
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Revolution |
a complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living |
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Domesticate |
change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans |
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Surplus |
extra |
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Specialization |
act of concentrating on a limited number of goods or activities |
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Human life probably began in Africa |
Archaeologists found a human skull in East Africa that dates to 1.75 million years ago. An American fossil hunter found “Lucy”, a woman that lived 3.2 million years ago. Remains of a human were found in Ethiopia from 4.4 million years ago. |
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Tools and skills hunter-gatherer societies used to survive and populate the world |
Skills - Cutting down small trees. Cutting meat. Scraping animal skins. Tools - spears, arrows. Fire made it possible to live in places where it otherwise would have been too cold to survive. Being nomadic meant that hunter gatherers could gather all the food from one area, and then move to a new area. |
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Stone Age people made art because |
creating an image of an animal might give them power over that animal during the hunt. They could have also been used to bring luck, such as statues of pregnant mothers. |
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Agriculture (farming and the herding of animals) began |
when the last Ice Age ended 12K years ago. The Earth warmed, seas rose, and plants and animals either adapted or died out. People in many places needed a new food source. |
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Agriculture (farming and the herding of animals) changed human life |
in every aspect. People learned to domesticate plants and animals and they were able to settle in one place. Farming sometimes produced surplus food which allowed specialized jobs and population growth. |
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45-40,000 BC |
early humans move into Europe |
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60-21,000 BC |
early humans move into Asia |
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50,000 BC |
early humans move into Australia |
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25,000 BC |
early humans move from Asia to North America |
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12,000 BC |
early humans move into South America |