Relative dating method that analyzes sequential soil and sediment layers.

Dating method that compares physical artifact styles to establish historical sequences.

Dating techniques that calculate specific calendar years using radiocarbon or thermoluminescence.

Lower Paleolithic Era

from 2.6M to 300,000 years ago marked by Oldowan tools and Homo erectus Acheulean handaxes.

Middle Paleolithic Era

from 300,000 to 50,000 years ago marked by Mousterian flake tools and environmental adaptations.

Upper Paleolithic Era

from 50,000 to 10,000 years ago marked by bone/ivory tools, cave art, and long-distance trade.

Mesolithic Transition

Era from 10,000 to 8,000 BCE marked by warming climates, microlith tools, and semi-sedentary fishing.

Neolithic Revolution Era s

tarting around 10,000 BCE marked by sedentary agriculture, domestication, and pottery.

Geological time frame from 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago defined by repeated Ice Ages.

The primary migration path of modern humans confirmed by mitochondrial DNA around 50,000 years ago.

The exposed land route used by humans to migrate from Siberia into the Americas around 20,000 years ago.

Volcanic disaster in Indonesia ~74,000 years ago that caused global cooling and human population bottlenecks.

Small, mobile, egalitarian social groups consisting of 20 to 50 individuals.

The game-changing innovation that provided digestible food, warmth, protection, and centralized social spaces.

The process of striking stone to produce sharp edges for cutting, scraping, and hunting tools.

Widespread European female carvings made of stone, bone, or clay serving as early fertility symbols.

Famous prehistoric burial sites showing early evidence of grave goods, pigments, and complex ceremonies.

Small, highly specialized stone tools characteristic of the Mesolithic and late prehistoric periods.

The transition period marking humanity's earliest experimentation with metallurgy and soft metal ornaments.

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Question	Answer
Stratigraphy	Relative dating method that analyzes sequential soil and sediment layers.
Typology	Dating method that compares physical artifact styles to establish historical sequences.
Absolute Dating	Dating techniques that calculate specific calendar years using radiocarbon or thermoluminescence.
Lower Paleolithic Era	from 2.6M to 300,000 years ago marked by Oldowan tools and Homo erectus Acheulean handaxes.
Middle Paleolithic Era	from 300,000 to 50,000 years ago marked by Mousterian flake tools and environmental adaptations.
Upper Paleolithic Era	from 50,000 to 10,000 years ago marked by bone/ivory tools, cave art, and long-distance trade.
Mesolithic Transition	Era from 10,000 to 8,000 BCE marked by warming climates, microlith tools, and semi-sedentary fishing.
Neolithic Revolution Era s	tarting around 10,000 BCE marked by sedentary agriculture, domestication, and pottery.
Pleistocene Epoch	Geological time frame from 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago defined by repeated Ice Ages.
Out of Africa Route	The primary migration path of modern humans confirmed by mitochondrial DNA around 50,000 years ago.
Bering Land Bridge	The exposed land route used by humans to migrate from Siberia into the Americas around 20,000 years ago.
Toba Eruption	Volcanic disaster in Indonesia ~74,000 years ago that caused global cooling and human population bottlenecks.
Paleolithic Bands	Small, mobile, egalitarian social groups consisting of 20 to 50 individuals.
Controlled Fire	The game-changing innovation that provided digestible food, warmth, protection, and centralized social spaces.
Flint Knapping	The process of striking stone to produce sharp edges for cutting, scraping, and hunting tools.
Venus Figurines	Widespread European female carvings made of stone, bone, or clay serving as early fertility symbols.
Sungir and Qafzeh	Famous prehistoric burial sites showing early evidence of grave goods, pigments, and complex ceremonies.
Microliths	Small, highly specialized stone tools characteristic of the Mesolithic and late prehistoric periods.
Copper Age	The transition period marking humanity's earliest experimentation with metallurgy and soft metal ornaments.

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