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Pre history
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History
8th Grade
12/08/2011

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pre history
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the time before people discovered writing
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hominids
Definition
humanlike creatures that precedded human beings
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archaeology
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the study of objects leftbehind by ancient people
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anthropologists
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people that compare hominid bones and other fossil remains looking for changes in brain size and posture
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radio carbondating
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it measures the amount of radioactive to tell how old it is
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aramis
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the oldest hominid teeth ever found
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lucy
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a 3.2 million year old skeleton of a homminid
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australopithecus
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prehuman hominids| also called "southrern ape"| ate fruits ,fish ,dead animals |3.5-5 feet tall|small brains, flat noses and long teeth
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homo habilis
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person with ability| lived 1.5 -2.4 million years ago| manufactured simple tools| average height 5" tall|scavenged for food|did nont stand tall
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homo erectus
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person who walks upright lived in africa, asia, and europe| mostly food gatherers | made fire |made clothess from leather| lived l.8 milion years ago until 30,000 years ago
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homo saipien
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originated in africa| lived 50,000 years ago|dominated all continents for 20,000 years| cro-magnons and neanderthals came from this group| they are people that think
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ice age
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the time between two million and ten thousand years ago were the earth experienced four periods of cold climate
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bipedalism
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walking on two feet
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neanderthals
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named after neander valley I where it wasfound | 5.5 feet tall | larger brains
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cro magnon
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taller and skinnier than neanderthals |they created the first cave pictures |created lots of weopons |created the first boats
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ice man
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a pre historic man that was stuck in ice for 5,000 years
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neolithic revolution
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the period of new agricultural methods
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river valley civilizations
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civilizations built next to rivers
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surplus
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extra goods (e.g food money metals)
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layout of cities
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upper class is usually closet to the center middle class is in the middle and the lower class is in the outskirts of the city
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creation myth
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a story on how the civilization was created
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trade/cultural diffusion
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the sharing of of goods and ideas
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