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Unit 1- Early Humans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Archaeology | the study of past societies through an analysis of the items people left behind |
| Anthropology | the study of human life and culture based on artifacts and human fossils |
| Hominid | humans and other humanlike creatures that walk upright |
| Homo sapiens sapiens | "wise wise humans"; a species that appeared in Africa between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago; they were the first anatomically modern humans |
| "Out of Africa" theory | this theory refers to when Homo sapiens sapiens began spreading out of Africa to other parts of the world about 100,000 years ago and replacing populations of earlier hominids in Europe and Asia |
| Systematic Agriculture | the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis |
| Artisan | a skilled worker who makes products such as weapons and jewelry |
| Civilization | a complex structure in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements such as social structure, religion, and art |
| Priest | in early urban civilizations, an important and powerful person who supervised rituals aimed at pleasing the gods and goddesses |
| Culture | the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group |