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Pre historic man
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9th Grade
01/06/2013

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australopithecus
Definition
has flexible digits
binocular vision
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pithecantheropus
Definition
(ape like man)
opposable thumb (you can grab things)
tools and fire
not stooped posture
air
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neanderthal
Definition
tools (mostly of wood)
speartips
atla
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lacaux
Definition
place where cave paintings were found in france
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altamira
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place where cave paintings were found in spain
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cro magnon
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1. needless harpoons
more sophisticated tools like needles

2. temporary shelters

3. begin labor specialization
men do this women do this

4. Begin art

mainly run by women
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begins of religion
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cave painting is narrative
control over object is depicted
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mesolitic man
Definition
1100 bc

wild grasses
they begin to grind up and makes breads/cereals

begin animal domestication
begin agriculture(replanting)
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natuficans
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high point of culture discovered great planting
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hilly flanks theory
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says en settled into there environment and became increasingly efficient at xploting resources in the region
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Neolithic revolution
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tools polished not chipped
starts to accumulate stuff(means there staying in that place for a long time)

goats sheep pigs cattle
goats are tamed first
sheep (herd)
pigs-do not herd ( means there staying for a while)
cattle-not like cows today

woven garments
replaced animal skin
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obsidian
Definition
volcanic rock that's black and easy to chip it tells us trade

education is in Ghana
sofisticated
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calcolithic age
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calcos- means copper/ same use od copper

lithos- means stone

population explosion

domesticate draft animals- a huge animal that pulls large loads

wheeled vechicals
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al ubaid
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a culture that has temples
their going to institutionalize religion for the first time(3500bc- 5600bc)
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