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| members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. |
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| period during 250,000-9,000 BCE which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by hunting and gathering. The Stone Age. |
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| period beginning 9,000 BCE which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood |
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| “Handy Human” created tools 2.5 million years ago. Skull capacity of 50% |
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| “Thinking/wise humans” created language, highly specialized tools, larger social groups |
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| group of homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that flourished in Europe and western Asia between 150,000 and 30,000 years ago. |
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| die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 15,000,10,000 BCE caused by climate change and perhaps human hunting. |
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| differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction |
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| dramatic transformations in human history resulting from change from foraging to raising crops and animals. |
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| plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs |
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| crop raising done with hand tools and human power |
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| an economic system based on herding flocks of goats , sheep, cattle, and other animals. |
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| division between rich and poor |
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| social system where men have more power and access to resources than women |
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| temple in the form of a step-pyramid built in the center of a Mesopotamian city to honor the gods |
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| the wedge shaped writing system that developed in Sumer, the first writing system in the world, written on clay tablets |
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