HOMO habilis

"Handy Human"

Lived from 2 million to 1.5 million years ago; earliest humans to make tools

HOMO erectus

"upright man"

lived 1.6 million to 250,000 years ago; first human

to master fire

HOMO sapiens

"Thinking man"

lived 250,000 to 100,000 years ago;also lived during prehistoric times

Neanderthal

"Prehistoric humans"

sticky build and large skulls with thick eyebrows and big teeth; earliest humans known for burying their dead;

CRO-Magnon

Prehistoric homo sapiens who generaaly were taller than Neanderthals and used Paleolithic stone tools;first appeared 35,000 years ago; known for their art work

Paleolithic

From 2 million to 40,000 (or 10,000) years ago; marked by the earliest use of tools made from chipped stone

MESOLITHIC

Beginning from 40,000 to 10,00 years ago; marked by the appearance of small bladed stone tools and beginning of settled communities

NEOLITHIC

Beginning 10,000 years ago; marked by the development of farming, domestication of animals, the development of crafts (pottery and weaving) and making of polished stone tools 

GLACIER

a huge, slow-moving mass of ice

TECHNOLOGY

the tools, machines and mthods used to make products, save time or in some way improve people's lives.

HUNTER-GATHERER

a person who gets food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants,roots,nuts, and beries

group ogf people; a small loosely organized group of hunter-gatherers, consisting of 20 to 30 individuals

over what is needed