| A | B |
|---|
| means "handy human" | homo habilis |
| means "upright human" | homo erectus |
| when did the Ice Age(s) occur? | 2.5 million years ago to 12,000 years ago |
| a large sheet of slowly moving ice | glacier |
| when homo erectus existed | 1.5 million years ago to 200,000 years ago |
| the scientific name for modern humans | homo sapiens |
| when modern humans appeared on the earth | about 200,000 years ago |
| means "wise human" | homo sapien |
| where scientist believe our human ancestors began | Africa |
| what happened to ocean levels during the Ice Age | the oceans were lower than they are today |
| humans migrated out of Africa during this period | Ice Age |
| a disease that affected Neanderthals | arthritis |
| meaning of the term Paleolithic Era | Old Stone Era |
| loosely organized groups of 20 to 30 people | bands |
| these people were the cave artists | Cro-Magnons |
| the first to bury their dead | Neanderthals |
| this type of scientist studies fossils | paleontologist |
| the first toolmaking was the begining of this period | Paleolithic period |
| the first Humans to make fire | Homo Erectus |
| The first human ancestors to make tools | homo habilis |
| these people live by killing animals and collecting edible plants and other types of food | hunter-gatherers |
| the first type of human to show a belief in the afterlife | Neanderthal |
| types of information archaeologists might have about prehistoric peoples | fossil bones, stone tools, fire rings, cave paintings or carvings |
