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Stack #90680
Stone Age & Early Cultures Stack #90680
Term | Definition |
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prehistory | time before there was writing |
hominid | early ancestor of humans |
ancestor | relative who lived in the past |
tool | any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task |
Paleolithic Era | Old Stone Age; stone tools used |
distribute | to divide among a group of people |
society | community of people who share a common culture |
hunter-gatherers | people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive |
migrate | move |
Ice Ages | period in history where many places had long periods of freezing weather |
land bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
Mesolithic Era | Middle Stone Age; invention of hooks and fishing spears; new uses for bone and stone tools |
Neolithic Era | New Stone Age; people learned to start fire and farm; advanced tools like saws and drills |
domestication | process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans |
development | creation |
megaliths | huge stones used as monuments |
Homo Sapien | modern day people belong to this group |
agriculture | farming |
Antarctica | the continent where early humans NEVER migrated to. |
Africa | The continent where the first human remains were discovered. |
nomads | people who move from place to place |
technology | tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants |
adapt | when people belong to this group |
evolution | a complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living |
animism | belief that the natural world is filled with spirits |