Details Title: Prehistoric Humans Description: vocabulary words Total Flash Cards: 29 Created: 10/27/2008 09:35:50		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Archaeology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term       HOMO habilis Definition "Handy Human"   Lived from 2 million to 1.5 million years ago; earliest humans to make tools Term   HOMO erectus Definition "upright man" lived 1.6 million to 250,000 years ago; first human to master fire Term   HOMO sapiens Definition   "Thinking man"   lived 250,000 to 100,000 years ago;also lived during prehistoric times Term   Neanderthal Definition   "Prehistoric humans" sticky build and large skulls with thick eyebrows and big teeth; earliest humans known for burying their dead; Term   CRO-Magnon Definition   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 Term   Paleolithic Definition   From 2 million to 40,000 (or 10,000) years ago; marked by the earliest use of tools made from chipped stone Term   MESOLITHIC Definition   Beginning from 40,000 to 10,00 years ago; marked by the appearance of small bladed stone tools and beginning of settled communities Term Definition Term Definition Term   NEOLITHIC Definition   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  Term   GLACIER Definition   a huge, slow-moving mass of ice Term Definition Term Definition Term   TECHNOLOGY Definition   the tools, machines and mthods used to make products, save time or in some way improve people's lives. Term   HUNTER-GATHERER Definition   a person who gets food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants,roots,nuts, and beries Term {image:|} Definition   group ogf people; a small loosely organized group of hunter-gatherers, consisting of 20 to 30 individuals Term SURPLUS Definition Term Definition Term SURPLUS Definition   over what is needed Term ENVIRONMENT Definition SURROUNDINGS Term DOMESTICATE Definition TO TAME Term agriculture Definition farming Term shrine Definition sacred place Term self-sufficient Definition independent Term Definition Term IRRIGATION Definition supply of water Term FAMINE Definition WIDESPREAD FOOD SHORTAGE Term Definition Term CIVILIZATION Definition CULTURE OF A CERTAIN TIME OR PLACE