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Early Humans Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Five characteristics of a civilization | 1)stable food supply 2)government 3)specialization of labor 4)culture (religion, written language, art, etc) 5)social classes |
| domesticate | tame wild animals for human use |
| agriculture | the practice of farming |
| artifacts | man made objects and tools |
| fossils | traces or imprints of the remains of living things -tells archaeologists information about humans of the past (age, sex, dates of existence, brain size) |
| Lucy | species Australopithecus, one of the earliest human ancestors found in Africa |
| Sense of community | shown by care of the old and sick |
| Neolithic Age | -started with the development of agriculture -New Stone Age |
| Paleolithic Age | -Old Stone Age -humans used stone for tools -Homo Habilis through Cro-Magnon |
| specialization | specific jobs for different people -developed after there was a surplus of food |
| Communication and the Development of Language | enabled humans to work together, pass on knowledge, share stories of the past |
| First to have burial ceremonies | Neanderthal |
| First to have evidence of manhood and hunting rituals | Cro-Magnon |
| Used 100s of tools for special purposes | Cro-Magnon |
| First Artists | Cro-Magnon |
| First to use and make fire | Homo Erectus |
| First to weave clothing | Modern Humans |
| First to have people in art | Modern Humans |
| Used fire oven for cooking bread and pottery | Modern Humans |
| First to look like us, brain like ours, speak like us | Cro-Magnon |
| short and stocky to preserve body heat, heavy eyebrow ridge | Neanderthal |
| Advanced farming and hunting tools, eventually metal | Modern Humans |
| lived on all continents except Antarctica | Cro-Magnon |
| lived on all continents | Modern Humans |
| First to use fire for capturing prey, warmth, light, protection, cooking | Homo Erectus |
| Organized hunts without weapons | Homo Habilis |
| Some lived in caves | Cro-Magnon |
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