| A | B |
| prehistory | the long period of time before people invented writing |
| historian | scholars who study and write about the historical past |
| artifact | objects made by humans |
| anthropology | scholars that wish to learn about prehistory/ origins and development of people |
| culture | the way of life of a society |
| archaeology | the study of past people and cultures through their material remains |
| Mary Leakey | 1930's anthropologist/ married Louis |
| Louis Leakey | anthropologist of the 1930's that search for human clues in Tanzania |
| Olduavai Gorge | a deep canyon in Tanzania |
| technology | skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs & wants |
| Donald Johanson | found evidence of early hominids "Lucy" |