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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prehistory | the time period before written records |
| anthropology | the study of humans and their development, including human culture and human behavior |
| hominid | early relatives to Modern-day humans |
| ancestor | relatives or family members who lived in the past |
| australopithecus | " Southern Ape'' and beloved to be one of the first hominids capable of walking on two feet |
| homo habilis | " handy man'' and believed to be one of the first hominids to create stone tools |
| homo erectus | " upright man'' and believed to be one of the hominid to walk on two feet full time, learn to control fire, and migrate outside of Africa |
| Homo sapiens | " wise man'' and the group including modern-day humans, which is believed to be the first hominids to develop language |
| neanderthhals | the closest extinct hominid to humans who lived across Europe and central Asia and believed to be the first hominids to bury their dead |
| lucy | australopithecus whose remains are more than 3 million years old |
| otzi the iceman | Homo sapiens from the stone ages who was discovered frozen in a glacier and is one of the oldest mummies in human history |
| technology | the application of science and engineering to create tools that improve the quality of life |
| tool | a handheld object that is designed to help complete a specific task |
| stone ages | period of time where humans invented and primarily used stone tools |
| paleolithic ERA | old stone age, which occurred circa 2.6 million years-10,000 years ago |
| neolithic ERA | New stone age, which occurred circa 10,000 years ago and is most associated with the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture |
| society | a group of people living together within a cummunity |
| Hunter-Gatherers | people who hunt animals and gather wild plants to acquire food |
| nomads | people without a permanent home, either individually or as a cummunity who move from place to place |
| migration | movement from one location to another, in order to establish a new permanent settlement |
| population | the total number of people within a specific area, such as a city, state, or country |
| ice ages | time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world |
| glacier | a large mass of ice that covers a section of land |
| Bering strait | a narrow passage of water located between Russia and Alaska, where it is believed that humans crossed a frozen land bridge from Asia to North America during the ice ages |
| Domestication | planting foods and breeding animals that are useful for humans |
| Agriculture | the process of farming |
| agricultural Revolution | the large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming, which allowed humans to produce large quantities of food |
| jericho | prehistoric and current city near the Jordan River and Dead Sea, with its famous wall surrounding the area |
| catal Huyuk | prehistoric city located in Modern-Day Turkey, which is famous for its art and religious practices |
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