| A | B |
|---|
| Dendrochronology | tree-ring dating |
| Paleolithic Age | Old Stone Age |
| prehistory | period in time where historical records were not kept for humans |
| mutations | slight modification of genes over time |
| hominid | any of a family of erect, bipedal primate mammals |
| Termoluminscence | absorbed energy is re-emitted as the object is heated |
| nomadic | move from place to place for food |
| Neolithic Era | New Stone Age |
| artifacts | human-made objects with a degree of social significance |
| pull factor | reason people are drawn out |
| Stratigraphy | location of artifacts in striations of sediment |
| push factor | reason people are forced out |
| Lucy | first adult female hominid found, 3.5 million yrs. old |
| archaeologist | excavate historical sites for bones and artifcats |
| anthropologist | study culture |
| paleontologist | study fossilized remains |
| Charles Darwin | hypothesized that only the best suited for an environment survives |
| Homo Sapien | earliest form of humans today |
