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history... early men
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lived in | clans |
| learned how to make | fire |
| developed | oral language |
| created | cave art |
| prehistory is the time before what | invention of writing |
| specially trained scientists who work to uncover the story of prehistoric peoples | archaeologists |
| archaeologists study the traces of these | early settlements |
| culture | a peoples unique way of life |
| what are human made objects that hint how people lived | artifacts |
| what was unusual about finding "Lucy" | the complete skeleton of an adult female hominid and the oldest found to date |
| after what was Lucy named | Lucy in the sky with diamonds |
| early hominids had developed what important physical feature | the opposable thumb |
| what achievements occurred during the stone age | tools, mastery of fire, and the development of language |
| during what years was the palolithic age | 2.5 million to 8000b.c. |
| much of the paleolithic age occurred during which period | the stone age |
| where was homo habilis found and what did the mane mean | east Africa and man of skill |
| homo sapiens mean | wise men |
| the oldest fossil belonging to the line leading to humans was found where | Ethiopia |
| ages in order | stone age, bronze age, and iron age |
| nomadic | migrated in search of food, water, and shelter |
| homo sapiens began to migrate out of | Africa |
| discoveries were made of human like remains that dated to | 2-3 million years old |
| remains were found in | tanzania |
| ages lasted roughly | 2+ million years ago to roughly 9,000 years ago |