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early humans- 007

18 vocab interesting words about early civilition

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what's an archologist? A scientist that examines structures, bones, tools, and other stone age objects.
What's the defination of Smithsonian Institution? The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute.
What does N.A.G.P.R.A mean? It means the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
What is a Cauasian? a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere.
what does migration mean? the movement of persons from one country or locality to another.
What does nomad mean? a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
what does it mean when you use the word domesticate? to adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.
what does fertile mean? being capable of reproducing.
atlatl- is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart
Prehistory- the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
history- the aggregate of past events
oral tradition- Oral tradition, oral culture and oral lore are messages or testimony transmitted orally from one generation to another
Neothlithic- latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere) of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age
forensics- scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes
radio-carbon dating- is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon-14 (14C) to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years
clovis- king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis'
cenetic drift- the random fluctuation in the frequency of an allele, resulting mainly from the vagaries of chance mating—is also an evolutionary mechanism
morphlogogy- the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
Dead Sea is a salt lake in Jordan to the east and in the West Bank and Israel to the west
Persian Gulf
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