| A | B |
|---|
| Prehistory | the time period before man developed writing |
| History | the time period AFTER man developed writing |
| Stone Ages | time period before man learned to use metal |
| Hominids | human like species |
| Australopithecus | the earliest hominid species known to exist. "Lucy" is a famous example |
| Homo Sapiens Sapiens | the term for modern people who developed 100,000 to 400,000 years ago |
| Artifacts | items used by people in the past, they are studied by archaeologists |
| Radio Carbon Dating | tactic used by scientists to determine the age of a fossil |
| Nomads | people who moved from place to place in order to survive |
| Paleolithic era | time period when people had learned to use stone tools, but not learned how to farm |
| Neolithic Era | time period where people had learned how to farm, but not yet how to make metals |
| Bronze and Copper | the first metal alloys used by humans, its use marked the end of the stone age |
| Paleolithic technology | Fire, Simple Stone Tools |
| Neolithic Technology | FARMING, Advanced tools, Pottery, Weaving |
| Domestication of Animals | being able to control animals for human purposes (ex. Cattle, Sheep) |
| Domestication of Plants | being able to plant and replant desirable crops from seeds. |
| Paleolithic Art/Culture | Cave Art (ex. Lascaux Caves), Oral Language |
| Neolithihc Art/Culture | Large monuments (ex. Stonehenge) |
