World History I- Ch. 1
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- When did the first humans appear?
- 2.5 million BC
- Why is prehistory called prehistory?
- Because it was a time before written records
- What does AD stand for?
- Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)
- What do archeologists do?
- Analyze and study traces of early humans to learn about their lives
- What is the remains of something organic set in stone?
- Fossil
- What is an object that was made by humans?
- Artifact
- What do paleontologists do?
- Study fossils
- What do anthropologists do?
- Look at human culture
- Who found evidence of the first hominid?
- Mary and Louis Leakey
- Where was the footprint of the first hominid found located?
- Olduvai Gorge
- What does Australopithecus mean?
- Southern Ape
- Who found Lucy?
- Dr. Donald C. Johanson
- What are the three periods of the Stone Age, from oldest to newest?
- Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
- Name the kinds of species that evolved into modern day humans, in order from oldest to newest?
- Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnons
- What are the two branches of Homo Sapiens?
- Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons
- What does Homo habilis mean?
- Human with skill
- What does Homo erectus mean?
- Human who walks upright
- What does Homo sapien mean?
- Human who thinks
- What are the two main achievements of Homo erectus?
- Discovering fire and developing language
- What is the main achievement of Neaderthals?
- Advances in housing
- Who made pottery and cave paintings?
- Cro-Magnons
- Who made the canoe?
- Cro-Magnons