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Early Man
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prehistory | the time before writing |
| Neolithic Era | The "New Stone Age," last era of the Stone Age |
| tools | an object changed to help humans complete a task |
| Paleolithic Era | the first period of the stone age, "Old Stone Age," |
| Neolithic Revolution | the switch from hunting and gathering to farming |
| migrate | to move |
| Mesolothic Era | Middle Stone Age, lasted until 5000 years ago |
| hunter-gatherers | hunt animals and gather wild plants and other things to survive |
| artifact | an object created, used and left behind by humans |
| ice ages | freezing times, period of cold weather |
| fossil | a part of something that was once alive |
| land bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
| agriculture | another word for farming |
| lithic | root word for stone |
| domestication | changing to make more useful to humans (plants and animals) |