| A | B |
|---|
| bands | A group of about 30 to 50 members. |
| burin | A tool making tool resembling a chisel |
| Catal Huyuk | One of the earliest known villages in the world, located in Turkey. |
| civilization | A time when people progressed culturally and began to live in cities. |
| Cro-Magnons | A type of homo sapien named after a rock shelter in France where their remains were first discovered. |
| domesticated | tamed |
| home territory | An area of about 2 square miles for every band member. |
| homo erectus | "Man who walks upright" |
| homo habilis | "Skillfull man" |
| homo sapiens | "Man who thinks" |
| Jerico | One of the earliest known villages in the world, in the West Bank between Israel and Jordan. |
| Lucy | An early hominid skeleton discovered in the Ethiopian desert in 1974; named after a famous Beatles song. |
| migrate | make their way |
| Neanderthals | A type of homo sapien named after the Neander River in Germany where their remains were first found. |
| Neolithic Age | "New Stone Age"{ |
| Olduvan pebble tools | The earliest shaped stones used as tools named for where they were discovered. |
| Paleolithic Age | "Old Stone Age" |
| pitfalls | A large hole covered with branches, leaves, and earth. |
| population | The number of people |
| post-and-lintel | A horizontal length of wood or stone placed across two upright poles; an advance in architecture. |
| prehistory | The period of time before the invention of writing. |
| spear-thrower | A device that made spears fly through the air faster and farther. |
| specialization | The development of occupations. |
