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| Ice Age in Europe | a time of widespread glaciation in Europe which scientists believe may have occurred about 26,000 years ago |
| Stone Age | the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools |
| France | A country in Europe |
| Alps | A mountain system of Europe |
| Mediterranean | large inland sea enclosed by southern Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. |
| climate | the prevailing set of conditions (as of temperature, humidity, or freshness of atmosphere) |
| geography | the description of land, sea, air, and the distribution of plant and animal life including man and his industries with reference to the mutual relations of these diverse elements |
| semi-nomadic | people living usually in portable or temporary dwellings and practicing seasonal migration but having a base camp at which some crops are cultivated |
| migrations | moving from one country, region, or place to settle in another |
| archaeologists | one who specializes in the scientific study of extinct peoples or of past phases of the culture of historic peoples through skeletal remains, fossils, and objects of human workmanship (as implements, artifacts, monuments, or inscriptions) found in the earth |
| savor | a quality of something that affects the sense of taste or smell |
| bison | any of several large shaggy-maned usually gregarious (lives with a herd) recent or extinct bovine mammals (resembling an ox or a cow) and having a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters with an even larger fleshy hump |
| niche | a hollowed (curved inward) space in a wall made especially for a statue, bust, or other ornament |
| thongs | a strap or strip made of leather or other hide, or a root cutting, used for fastening something such as a snowshoe or sandal |
| recess | an inner or concealed part of something |
| hearth | a brick, stone, or cement area of floor in front of a fireplace |
| quivered | to shake or move with slight tremulous motion |
| embers | a lighted coal : a glowing fragment of coal, coke, wood, or other solid fuel from a fire; especially : such a coal smoldering in ashes : the smoldering remains of a fire |
| despair | to lose hope utterly; to give up all expectation |
| stunted | to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of : DWARF, CHECK |
| scree | a heap of stones or rocky debris lying on a slope or at the base of a cliff |
| timidly | lacking in courage or self confidence : easily frightened or overawed |
| floes | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of the sea or other body of water |
| liberated | to give release; to free |
| furtively | done by stealth; secretly |
| wolverine | a carnivorous mammal that is blackish with a pale forehead and a light band on each side of the body, and is noted for its thievishness, strength, and cunning. |
| plaits | a braid of hair, straw, or other material |
