Early Humans Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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- Prehistory
- The time before people could write.
- Neolithic
- New stone period.
- Johanson
- Discovered Lucy.
- Mesolithic
- Middle stone period.
- Stone Age
- Time when early humans used stone tools. Divided into three different periods-Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.
- Radiocarbon Dating
- Way of studying remains of once living things.
- Anthropology
- Study of culture.
- Nomad
- A person who moves from place to place to find food.
- Cro magnon
- Type of Homo sapien; Taller than neandrathal; Replaced neadrathal.
- Ice Age
- Time when Earth experienced 4 long periods of cold climate.
- Homo erectus
- Early human who could walk upright. Lived as nomads.
- Archaeology
- Scientists who study prehistoric life; look for artifacts.
- Neandrathal
- First Homo sapien; Hunter; Used tools
- Homo sapien
- "Person who thinks"
- Homo habilis
- Made their homes in trees; Had limited speech; Worked together to gather food.