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Early Humans Trimester 1 Mr. Blanchette

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time period before writing   Prehistory  
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stories passed down by word of mouth   Oral Tradition  
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the written and other recorded events of people   History  
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a scientist who stdies bones, tools, structures, and other objects to learn about past peoples and cultures   Archeologist  
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An educational and research institute and associated museum complex   Smithsonian Institution  
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A federal law requiring federal agencies and intitutions to return cultural items and human remains to their respective people   N.A.G.P.R.A.  
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general physical type of some or all of the indigenous populations of Europe, North Africa etc. White race   Caucasian  
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to relocate;to move from one place to settle in another area   Migration  
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a person who has no single,settled home   Nomad  
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to tame animals and raise them to be used by humans   Domesticate  
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land or soil that contains substances plants need in order to grow well   Fertile  
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spear thrower   Atlatal  
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time period when people began to grow their own foods and lived in the same place year after year   Neolithic  
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sciences used to solve crimes and support archeological findings   Forensics  
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a radiometric method used to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years old   Radio-Carbon Dating  
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oldest flint tools associated with north american culture   Clovis  
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populations moving closer together for survival   Genetic Drift  
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the study of physical characteristics of skulls   Morphology  
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time period of 10 years   Decade  
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time period of 100 years   Century  
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time period od 1,000 years   millenium  
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long period of time   era  
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