Early Humans I
Objects made by people in the past are called...
"artifacts"
This social scientist can be described as "an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features"
"geographer"
This is the time period when early humans began farming...
"Agricultural Revolution"
This type of social scientist studies ancient life by examining fossils...
"paleontologist"
What are remains or imprint of a human, animal, plant, or insect(s) called?
"fossils"
The act of planting seeds to raise crops is an example of...
agriculture
_______ is an animal that is able to walk on two legs...
"biped"
___________ is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for humans to warm up and cook
"hearth"
This type of social scientist learns about past humans by studying fossils and artifacts...
This term describes an early ancestor or species of human...
"hominid"
Cave Art drawings focused on showing us what?
"Animals / hunting"
Learning to communicate was VERY important for early humans. How did language develop?
"around fires or hearths"
This type of social scientist can be described as "an expert who studies and records the past"...
"historian"
This time period in which humans were hunting. Also known as the "Old Stone Age"...
"Paleolithic Era"
_______ means collecting or harvesting food such as berries, fruit, vegetables, etc....
"forage or foraging"
HOW did fire allow human bodies to change/evolve?
"by cooking and eating meat/protein, humans were able to grow their brains"
This means "to move from one geographic region to another"
"migrate"
This is the time period in which humans were farmers. Also known as the "New Stone Age"...
"Neolithic Era"
Early humans often ____________ to other places in order to follow their food source, especially during the Ice Age.
"migrated"
Humans who move from place to place to follow their food source are...
"nomads / nomadic"