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culture a groups knowledge, beliefs, values, and customs.
artifacts objects that people in the past made or used, such as coins, pottery, and tools.
Mary Leakey British archeologist; along with her husband, Louis, she made great discoveries of early hominids in east Africa.
hominid an early human like creature that is believed to be an ancestor of humans.
Donald Johanson American anthropologist; he discovered a partial australopithecine skeleton in Ethiopia, which he named Lucy
Louis Leakey British archaeologist and anthropologist of east Africa; he was convinced that Africa was the best place to search for human origins and made many important discoveries.
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-gathers people who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for their needs.
animism the belief that all things in nature have spirits.
neolithic era the new stone age; the time period after the paleolithic era, marked by the use of a tools.
neolithic revolution a period in human history marked by introduction of agriculture and a shift from food gathering to food production.
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.
bronze age the period after the stone age, when people began to make items out of bronze.
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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, orginazed society that has advanced cities, a government, religion, record keeping and writing, job specialization, social classes, and arts and architecture.
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