| A | B |
|---|
| prehistory | history that happened before the invention of writing |
| archaeologist | a person who locates and studies the things left behind by people |
| paleoanthropologist | a person who studies the ancestors of modern people |
| bands | small groups |
| excavate | to uncover by digging |
| evidence | proof |
| fossils | remains of once-living things |
| artifacts | human-made objects |
| radiocarbon dating | scientific process that tells the age of something once living |
| consequence | effect |
| extinct | no longer living |
| migration | movement from one place to another |
| Ice Age | long period of bitter cold |
| glaciers | huge sheets of ice |
| tundra | large treeless plains found in Arctic regions |
| culture | a way of life |
| society | an organized group of people living and working under a set of rules and traditions |
| parallels | lines that run east and west on a map or globe; lines of latitude |
| meridians | lines that run north and south on a map or globe; lines of longitude |
