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Early Humans
Term | Definition |
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Hunter-Gatherer | Person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants. |
Technology | Tools and skills people use to meet their needs and wants. |
Society | Group of people living together in a more or less ordered community. |
Stone Age or Paleolithic Age | Broad prehistoric period characterized by the use of stone tools, lasting from 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 BCE |
Culture | Beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people. |
Nomads | Person who moves from place to place without a permanent home. |
Populate | To become an inhabitant of a place. |
Environment | Surroundings |
Adapt | Change |
Civilization | Complex society that has cities, a well organized government, and workers with specialized job skills. |
Neolithic Age | "New Stone Age." Broad prehistoric period and final stage of cultural and technological development of early humans, lasting from 8000-3000 BCE |
Neolithic Revolution | From 10,000-8000 BCE, a turning point in history that changed the way Paleolithic people lived their lives, shifting from hunting and gathering for food to agriculture and settling down permanently |
Archaeology | Scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence |
Archaeologist | Scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind |
Artifact | An object made by humans that is of archaeological or historical interest |
Ecofact | Remains that are not made by humans, but are used by humans, and provide information about a human’s past |
Feature | Anything made or changed by humans that cannot be removed without destroying its’ original form |
Observation | Something noticed or perceived through your senses |
Inference | Making an educated guess based on facts (what you observe) |
Opinion | A personal feeling which isn’t always based on facts |