A | B |
hominids | early humans and othe humanlike creatures |
artifacts | objects made and used by early humans |
culture | beliefs, knowledge, and patterns of living that a group of people acquire by living together |
limited evidence | evidence, such as artifacts, about which little information is given, requiring scientists to make educated guesses |
nomads | people who wander from place to place |
agriculture | raising of crops for food |
domestication | taming of animals |
hunter-gatherers | early people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants for food |
Donald Johanson | In 1074 in Ethiopia, a team led by t his man found the remains of a hominid skeleton |
Lucy | bones of a female hominid who may have lived three million years ago |
neanderthals | early people who lived during the Old Stone Age |
cro-magnons | group of early people appearing about 35,000 years ago in Europe |
neolithic agricultural revolution | shift in human history from food gathering to food producing |