| A | B |
| Homo sapiens | This group emerged in Africa between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago. |
| Africa | Homo sapiens migrated to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas from this place. |
| Hunter-gatherers | People whose survival depended on the availability of wild plants and animals. |
| Nomads | Term which means to migrate in search of food, water, and shelter |
| Clans | Small groups which early humans lived in. |
| Oral language | Communication that started in Paleolithic era |
| Cave art | first record-keeping |
| fire | Developed by early humans and aided in keeping warm, cooking, and protection. |
| Paleolithic Era | time humans first developed tools and simple weapons, fire, oral language, and cave art. |
| Agriculture | allowing for settlement into permanent communities |
| Domestication | developed this which provided a steady food source and a source of labor |
| Neolithic Era | Time period when humans developed agriculture, settled communities, domestication of animals |
| Archaeologists | Studies past culture by locating and analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts |
| Radio-carbon dating | Scientific test which analyze fossils and artifacts to find their ages. |
| Stonehenge | Archaeological site in England that began in the Neolithic & finished in the Bronze Age |