The First People Vocab.
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| prehistory | Historians call this the time before there was writing.
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| hominid | An early ancestor of humans.
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| Louis Leakey | He found hominid remains that he called Homo habilis, or "handy man."
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| Homo erectus | "upright man."
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| tool | It is any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task.
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| Paleolithic (pay-lee-uh-li-thik) Era | The first part of the Stone Age, or Old Stone Age.
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| society | It is a community of people who share a common culture.
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| hunter-gatherers | People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.
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| Homo Sapians | Name means "wise man" Appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago.They migrated around the world, created fire and tools, and developed language.
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| Australopithecus | Name means "southern ape". appeared in Africa about 4-5 millions years ago. stood upright and walked on two legs. Brain was 1/3 the size of modern humans.
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| Homo Habilis | Name means "handy man" appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. used stone tools for chopping and scrapping. Brain was 1/2 the size of modern humans.
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| Donald Johanson | He discovered the bones of Lucy, an early hominid that lived more than 3 million years ago.
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| Mary Leaky | She found some of the earliest ancestors of humans in Olduvai Gorge.
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| Ancestor | It is a relative who lived in the past.
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