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Early Humans Vocabulary Activities (Chapter 2 & 3)

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hominidprehistoric human
capabilitiesskills
anthropologistscientist who studies human development and culture
bipedan animal that walks on two feet
migrateto move from one geographic region to another
land bridgea piece of land connecting two continents
ice agea long period of time when climate was very cold and large areas of earth were covered by ice
stone agethe first peroid of prehistoric culture, from about 2 mya to around 3000 BCE
paleolithic agethe first period of the stone age, called the old stone age, from about 2 mya to around 8000BCE
neolithic agethe later part of the stone age, called the new stone age, from 8000 to 3000 BCE
domesticateto train a wild animal to be useful to humans
agriculturefarming
tradebuying and selling or exchanging items
orea mineral mined for its valuable uses
Australopithecus afarensis"Southern Ape" from Africa about 3 to 4 mya
Homo habilis"Handy Man" from Africa, that lived 1.5 to 2 mya
Homo erectus"Upright Man" form Africa, Asia and Europe, that lived 1.8 mya to 200,000 BCE
Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis"Wise Man from Neander Valley", from Africa, the Near East, Asia and Europe that lived from 230,000 to 30,000 years ao
Homo sapiens Sapiens"Doubly Wise Man" from Europe, Aisa, Africa, Australia, North & South America that lived from 35,000 to 12,000 BCE



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