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Paleo/Neo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. | Archaeology |
| the science of human beings | Anthropology |
| 7a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes. | Homonid |
| Humans or modern humans belong to this biological family of great apes, characterized by hairlessness, bipedality, and high intelligence. | Homo Sapiens |
| a model explaining the origin and global migration of modern humans (Homo sapiens). It proposes that anatomically modern humans first evolved in Africa and then migrated to other parts of the world, replacing existing archaic human populations. | Out Of Africa Theory |
| the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm. | Domestication |
| relating to or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used. | Paleolithic |
| relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed. | Neolithic |
| this was a very large, 9,000-year-old Neolithic (New Stone Age) settlement in what is now Turkey | Catalhoyuk |
| this is produced in excess of immediate needs, allowing for storage, trade, or redistribution. | Surplus Food |