Early Cultures Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
prehistory | The time period before there was writing |
hominid | an early ancestor of humans. |
ancestor | a relative who lived in the past |
tool | a handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task. |
Paleolithic Era | the first part of the Stone Age; also known as the Old Stone Age |
society | a 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 | to move |
ice ages | The freezing times about 1.6 million years ago. |
land bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
Mesolithic Era | The Middle Stone Age |
Neolithic Era | New Stone Age |
domestication | The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans |
agriculture | farming |
megaliths | huge stones used as monuments |
East Africa | the place where the early hominids first appeared based on the discovery of ancient bones made by anthropologists |
South America | the region of the world that was likely LAST occupied by early humans |
glacier | a large piece of ice where the Iceman's body was well preserved. |
Homo sapien | wise man |
Homo habilis | handy man |
Homo erectus | upright man |
Australopithecus | Southern Ape |
order of the early hominids | Australopithecus-Homo habilis-Homo erectus - Homo sapien |
order of the Stone Age Era | Paleolithic Era - Mesolithic Era - Neolithic Era |
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