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Prehistory Vocab Lis
| prehistory | the time period before written |
|---|---|
| anthropology | the study of humans and their development, including human culture and human behavior |
| Hominid | early relatives |
| Ancestor | relative or family who lived in the past |
| Australopithecus | "southern ape" beloved to be the first hominids to walk on 2 feet |
| Homo habilis | believed to be one of the first to make stone tools |
| Homo erectus | believed to be the first hominids to walk on 2 feet full , learn to control fire ,and migrate out of africa |
| Homo sapiens | the group beloved to be the first to develop a language |
| Neanderthals | the closest extinct hominids to humans who lived across Europe and central Asia and beloved to be the first to bury there dead |
| Lucy | Australopithecus whose are more than 3 million years old |
| Otzi the iceman | Homo sapiens from the stone age who was discovered frozen in a glacier one of the oldest human mummys |
| Technology | the application of science and engineering to create more advanced tools |
| Tool | a handheld object to that is designed to help complete a specific task |
| Stone age | a period of time where humans invented and primary and used stone tools |
| Paleolithic Era | Old stone age 2.6 million years ago |
| Neolithic Era | new stone Age start of agriculture |
| Society | A group of people living together |