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6th grade Chapter 2
The Stone Ages and Early Culture
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prehistory | The time period before there was writing |
| hominid | an early ancestor of humans. |
| ancestor | a relative who lived in the past |
| tool | a handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task. |
| Paleolithic Era | the first part of the Stone Age; also known as the 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 and nuts to survive |
| migrate | to move |
| ice ages | The freezing times about 1.6 million years ago. |
| land bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
| Mesolithic Era | The Middle Stone Age |
| Neolithic Era | New Stone Age |
| domestication | The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans |
| agriculture | farming |
| Megaliths | huge stones used as monuments |