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Early Man Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Paleolithic | the early part of human history, also known as the Old Stone age. |
| nomads | people who move place to place to survive. |
| technology | the use of new ideas and tools to do work. |
| Ice Ages | long periods of extreme cold on earth. |
| History | the study of the people and events of the past. |
| era | the past divided into larger groupings. |
| Prehistory | the time before people developed writing. |
| circa | c. or circa means "about" |
| archeology | the study of objects to learn about a past humans life. |
| artifacts | an object made by people. |
| paleontology | the study of fossils. |
| fossils | plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time |
| anthropology | the study of human culture and how it develops over time |
| species | a class of individuals with similar physical characteristics |