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Chapter 2
Early Humans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prehistory | a time before writing was invented |
| hominid | early ancestors of humans |
| ancestor | a relative who lived in the past |
| tool | any handheld objects modified (changed) to help a person accomplish a task |
| Paleolithic Era | "Old Stone age" |
| society | a community of people who share a common culture |
| hunter-gatherers | people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, nuts to survive |
| migrate | to move |
| ice ages | freezing times when earth had large glaciers |
| land bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
| Mesolithic Era | "Middle Stone age" |
| Neolithic Era | "New Stone age" |
| domestication | the process of changing plants and animals to make them ore useful to humans |
| development | creation |
| Agriculture | farming |
| Megaliths | huge stones used in monuments like Stone Henge |