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Culture a society's knowledge, art, beliefs, customs, and values
Artifacts objects that people in the past made or used, such as coins, pottery, and tools
Hominid humans and early human-like beings that walked upright
Paleolithic Era Old Stone Age, lasted from around 2.5 million years ago to around 10,000 years ago
Nomads people moving from place to place as they followed migrating animal herds
Hunter-Gatherers hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants, berries, nuts, and other foods
Animism the belief that all things in nature have spirits
Neolithic Era New Stone Age, began as early as 8000 BC and lasted until about 3000 BC
Domestication the selective growing or breeding of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans
Neolithic Revolution refers to the shift to farming
Pastoralist people who ranged over wild areas and kept herds of livestock on which they depended for food and other items
Megaliths huge stones for burial or spiritual purposes
Bronze Age occurred as early as 3000 BC in some areas, but much later in others
Surplus excess of food
Division of Labor economic arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
Traditional Economy economic decisions are made based on custom, tradition, or ritual
Civilization a complex and organized society
Artisans skilled craftspeople, devoted their time to crafts such as basketry, carpentry, metalwork, or pottery
Cultural Diffusion spread of ideas, beliefs, customs, and technology from one culture to another
Donald Johanson an anthropologist who found a partial Australopithecine skeleton, described as his find
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