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The Distant Past
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthropology | study of humans behave, how they act together, where they came from and what makes one group different from another |
| prehistory | the time before written records |
| fossil | hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago |
| geologist | scientist who studies the physical materials of the Earth itself, such as soil and rocks |
| artifact | an object made or used by human beings |
| hunter-gatherer | person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants |
| culture | beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people |
| evidence | information used to support a claim, or prove something |
| conclude | to decide as a result of thinking or reasoning |
| archaeologist | scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind |