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culture is a groups knowledge,beliefs, values, and customs.
artifacts are objects that people in the past made or used, such as coins,pottery, and tools
mary leakey she is an anthropologist from the 1970
hominid an early human-like creature that is believed to be the ancestor of humans
donald johanson an American anthropologist, he discovered a partial Australopithecus skeleton in Ethiopia, which he named Lucy.
louis leakey British archaeologist and anthropologist of east Africa, made many important archaeological discovery's
paleolithic era also known as the old stone age; a prehistoric period that lasted from about 2.5 million years ago to about 8,500 BC
nomads people who move from place to place in search of food and water
hunter-gatherers people who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for their needs
animism the belief that all things in nature have spirits
surplus is excess something
division of labor when certain people do a specific task or type of work
traditional economy an economic system in which economic decisions are made based on customs, beliefs, religion, and habits
civilization a complex, organized society that has advanced cities, a government, religion, record keeping and writing, job specialization, social classes, and arts and architecture
artisans skilled craftspeople who make goods, such as pottery or baskets, by hand
cultural diffusion the spreading of culture from one society to another
neolithic era the new stone age; the time period after the paleolithic era, marked by the use of tools
domestication taming animals and adapting crops for human use
pastoralists nomads who kept herds of livestock on which they depended for most of their food
megaliths huge stones used for burial or religious purposes
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