Vocabulary
Scientist who dig an examine artifacts to learn about the past
Archaeologist
to move from one place to another
Migrate
Early humans migrated from what contient?
Africa
Nomads
to tame wild plants and tame wild animals for human use
domesticate
things made by people from the past
Artifacts
a time in prehistory where stone was the most important material used
Stone Age
who was the oldest human-like skeleton to ever have been found?
Lucy
a period of time when glaciers covered much of the earth
Ice Age
Neolithic Age means
New Stone Age
the places where archaeologist work
Digs
Nomads lived in groups of..?
20-30 people
What part of Africa is Lucy from?
Ethiopia
Paleolithic Age means?
Old Stone Age
having more than enough food
surplus
the study of things left behind by people that lived long ago
Archaeology
What was the first domesticated animal?
Dog
What was so special about Otzi and the way he was found?
He was mummified (frozen in the ice and well preserved)
During the Paleolithic age; Men ____ and women and children ______.
men HUNTED, women and children GATHERED
The major discovery made that allowed people to settle in one place and have more than enough food?
farming
What is the difference between history and prehistory?
prehistory was before writing was invented
How did early man migrate across oceans during the Paleolithic age?
Ice bridges
What came first big brains or walking upright?
Walking Upright
What 4 ways did nomads use fire?
1. cook food
2. keep warm
3. weapon/ protection
4. light in the dark
What 2 reasons did people not live as long during the Neolithic Age?
Disease and change of diet