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People who feed themselves by hunting for their food, or gathering wild crops and berries.
Hunter-gatherers
The time period before written history begins.
Prehistory
A type of people that move from one place to another without settling down.
Nomads
The era known as the early stone age, occurred from 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 years ago.
Paleolithic Era
A place where people live permanently, such as a village or town.
Settlement
The study of human history through artifacts.
Archaeology
Any object made by a human being that was found in a later time period.
Artifact
A document, object, or firsthand account of an event that was created in the time period in which it happened.
Primary Source
The era between the old and new stone age which occurred from 10,000 BC - 8,000 BC is known as _______________
Mesolithic Era
This period of the earth's history came with massive cooling.
Early nomadic tribes lived in these as shelter
Caves
This was the earliest version of "art" that humans have created
Cave paintings
3.2 million year old fossil of one of humans earliest ancestors. Nicknamed after the Beatles song.
"Lucy"
"AD" (as it relates to how we measure time) stands for:
According to this theory, humans originated from the African subcontinent some 100,000 years ago.
"Out of Africa" Theory
The study of human history through culture.
Anthropology
A scientific method used to determine the age of a fossil or artifact.
Carbon Dating
A secondhand account or retelling of events.
Secondary Source
The era known as the new stone age. Occurred from 8,000 BC - 3,000 BC.
Neolithic Era
Moving from one place to another
Migration
Early primitive tools were fashioned from this material
Stone and/or flint
What are some aspects that make up the term "culture"? (list at least 3)
lifestyles, language, religion, diet, values, rituals, art, music.
What is the scientific name for "Lucy"
Australopithecus
Recent historians created these two terms to denote a split in time that had no religious connotations.
BCE/CE
Bering Land Bridge