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Prehistory Vocab

TermDefinition
Prehistory time before written records
Anthropology Study of humans and 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'' belived to be one of the first Hominids capable of walking on two feet
Homo Habilis '' handy man'' belived to be one of the first Hominids to create stone tools
Homo Erectus '' upright man'' belived to be the first Hominid to walk on two all the time, learn to control fire, and migrate outside of Africa
Homo Sapiens ''wise man'' and the group including modern- day humans, which is belived to be the first Hominid to develope language
Neanderthals The closest extinct Hominid to humans who lived across Europe and cetral Asia, and beloved to be the first Hominid 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 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 The 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 community
Hunter - Gatherers people who hunt animals and gather wild plants to acquire food
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