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The Distant Past
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | The study of how humans behave, act together, where they came from, and what makes one group different from another |
| Archaeologist | A scientist who studies human life in the past by inspecting items that people left behind |
| Prehistory | The time before written records |
| Fossils | The remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago |
| Geologists | Scientists who study the physical materials of Earth itself |
| Artifacts | Anything made and used by humans |
| Evidence | Information used to prove something |
| Conclude | To decide or bring something to an end |
| Hunter-gatherers | People who hunt animals and gather plants |
| Culture | Beliefs, customs, and behavior of a particular group of people |