vocabulary
Paleo means ____ and Lithic means _____.
old, rock
I study human life in the past by examining the things people left behind
Archaeologists
They were _______, meaning they moved from place to place (they had no permanent towns or homes.
nomadic
Humans lived in small groups because they were _________.
hunter-gatherers
What includes the many things that make up the way of life of a group of people (social/family organization, beliefs, technology, shelter, clothing, art, activities, etc.)?
culture
I have to look for artifacts, fossils, and other evidence to piece together clues
Archaeologists
Humans would ____ and look for food like_____
hunt, berries
About 2.5 million years ago, humans made the first tools out of _______ .
stone
What is anything made and used by humans?
Artifacts
I study human events, ways of life, and culture throughout time
Historians
Early humans had very _______ lives. Every day was a ___________ battle.
difficult, life or death
Around 800,000 years ago people learned how to use _______
fire
What is the study of how human beings behave, how they act together, where they came from, and what makes one group of people different from another?
Anthropology
With fire, people could have _____, cook food, and ______wild animals. It had the long term benefit of letting people move to colder climates.
warmth, scare off