| A | B |
| Prehistoric | the time before written history |
| Anthropologist | a scientist who specializes in studying the development and culture of humans |
| Paleoanthropologist | a scientist who specializes in the study of the earliest hominids |
| Australopithecus Afarensis (nicknamed Lucy) | earliest known hominid group; biped; discovered in Afar Triangle region of Africa |
| Biped | two footed animal |
| Homo Habilis | second group of hominids; nicknamed Handy Man in honor of their ability to make simple tools |
| Homo Erectus | upright man; this group was around longer than any other group |
| Migrate | to move one geographic location to another |
| Homo Sapien (Neanderthalensis) | a district group of homo sapiens with large frames discovered in the Neander Valley of Germany |
| Land Bridge | a piece of land connecting two continents |
| Homo Sapien Sapien | First modern humans; their name means doubly wise man |