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"The First Humans" Vocab
week 1 vocabulary
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History
7th Grade
08/17/2011

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prehistory
Definition
he period before writing was developed
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archaeology
Definition
the study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind
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artifacts
Definition
tools, pottery, paintings, weapons, buildings and household items or early peoples
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anthropology
Definition
the study of human life and culture
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australopithecines
Definition
the earliest human like creatures
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hominids
Definition
humans and other creatures that walk upright
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homo erectus
Definition
a species of early humans that emerged 1.5 million years ago.
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homo sapiens
Definition

"wise human beings"

split into neanderthals and homo sapiens sapiens

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neanderthals
Definition

good technology;

first to create fire

buried dead

clothes

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homo sapiens sapiens
Definition

"wise wise human beings"

150,000 to 200,000 years ago

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paleolithic age
Definition
designates the early period of human history in which they used simple stone tools
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nomads
Definition
people who moved from place to place
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