| A | B |
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| Nomadic | Moving from place to place in search of food |
| Archaeologist | Someone who studies fossils, artifacts and settlements for clues to the past |
| Paleolithic | Called the "Old Stone Age" by evolutionists, this is a period of nearly 3 million years when man remained very primitive. |
| Neolithic | New Stone Age ca. 9,000- 3,500 BC |
| Artifacts | Man-made objects like tools, weapons and pottery items |
| Lascaux | Famous place in France with Paleolithic cave paintings |
| Domesticate | To tame, wild animals went through this process so Neolithic man could breed and raise animals for food etc. |
| Oral Tradition | A way of handing down stories and traditions to the next generation |
| Pottery | Vases, pots, bowls, or plates shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat |
| Aleppo | Ancient city in N.W. Syria; one of the earliest cities |
| Urban | A city environment; not rural |
| Mesopotamia | Place between two rivers where cities began |
| Jericho | Ancient walled city in Palestine;, one of oldest urban areas |
| Pictograph | Picture writing often used by ancients before formal writing developed |
| Agriculture | This refers to man planting crops instead of gathering plant food. |
| Clans | An extended family which lived together |
| Fire | Early man learned to make and use this for warmth and food preparation |
| Stone | Most Paleolithic tools and weapons were made of this |
| Stonehenge | This structure made by early man may have been a calendar or may have served a religious purpose. |
| Carbon dating | Dating technique based on amount of radioactivity in formerly living objects |
