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| Prehistory | Term that refers to the time before written Record |
| Arcaeologist | Studies Prehistory by looking at the human made remains of ancient Civilizations |
| Anthropologist | Studies Preshistory by examining the physical and cultural remains of ancient civilizations |
| Hominid | Ancient Ancestor of Man whose bones were found in Africa |
| Australopithecus | Early Hominid with a brain about 1/3 the size of modern man |
| Language | early development of man that allowed them to work out their problems and form relationships |
| Society | A community of people who share a common culture |
| Religion | Believed to be an early development of man because graves of early man were found containing artifacts and food |
| Hunter Gatherers | Name for people that hunted animals and gathered plants to survive |
| Homo Habalis | Found in Africa, known as "Handy Man" he could use tools |
| Homo Erectus | Early form of man known as "upright man" He could control fire |
| Homo Sapiens | known as "wise or Intelligent man" he could create fire |
| Stone Age | Period of time marked by the development of ancient man being able to use stone to make tools. |
| Women | Role was to gather plants to eat and watch the children and take care of the camp |
| Migration | To move from one area to another |
| Ice Age | Period of time that started 1.6 million years ago. It caused people to migrate across land bridges out of Africa |
| Land Bridge | A strip of land that is uncovered when ocean levels drop due to the Ice Age. Used for migration of ancient man from Africa. |
| Antartica | by 9000 B.C. this is the only uninhabited continent |
| Bering Land Bridge | The land bridge by which people migrated ino the Americas |
| Pit Houses | Pits in the ground used for housing |
| Three types of early shelter | Tents, house made of bone and wood and pit houses |
| Permenant settlements, Populations grew, developed religon | Three changes due to the domestication of animals and the cultivation of plants |
| Bows and arrow and fish hooks | What were the accomplishments of the Mesolitic era? |
| Middle Stone Age | Mesolitic means |
| New Stone Age | Neolitic Means |
| Could Make Fire, saws and drills,cultivate plants, and domesticate animals | What were the major accomplishments of the Neolithic Era |
| The movement from hunter and gathering to farming and raising animals | What was the Neolitic Revolution? |
| Megaliths | Huge stones put in place for possible religious significance. example Stonehenge in England |
