The time period for the stone age was?
2.5 million-3,000 BC
What is the study of ancient materials and other physical remains?
Archeology
In 1974 Who were the archeologists that made an important discovery in Ethiopia?
Donald Johanson and Tom Gray
The 3 phases of the Stone Age are called?
Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, Neolithic Period
A manmade object that can be studied
artifact
Johanson and Gray discovered remains named what?
"Lucy"
The Paleolithic Period is?
2.5 mil BC - 8,000 BC
What continent did Louis Leakey begin searching for human fossils?
Africa
The Mesolithic Period is from?
10,000 BC - 6,000 BC
What did Louis and Mary Leakey discover in East Africa in 1959?
hundreds of bone fragments of a human skull
The Neolithic Period is from?
8,000 BC - 3,000 BC