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Ch 2 Prehistory (HMS)
Early Man (HMS)
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09/30/2004

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prehistory
Definition
period of time before the invention of writing
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burin
Definition
chisel-like tool used by Cro-Magnon man to make other tools
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civilization
Definition
a time when people progressed culturally and began to live in cities
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specialization
Definition
development of occupations
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home territory
Definition
area where bands searched for food; covered about 2 Sq. miles for each band member and it contained various campsites
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Homo Habilis
Definition
skillful man
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Homo Erectus
Definition
man who walks upright
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Homo Sapiens
Definition
man who thinks
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Neanderthals
Definition
first kind of Homo Sapien
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pitfalls
Definition
traps used by Neanderthal man to catch animals; it was a large hole covered with leaves and branches, as an animal crossed it they fell in
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Cro-Magnons
Definition
second kind of Homo Sapien
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Neolithic
Definition
New Stone Age
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Paleolithic
Definition
Old Stone Age
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domesticated
Definition
tamed; when captured animals lose their fear of humans and can be trained or controlled
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Lucy
Definition
hominid skeleton from 3.2 million BC; oldest, most complete skeleton of a hominid
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bands
Definition
groups of about 30 Paleolithic people who lived and worked together and shared food
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Australopithecus
Definition
"Lucy" is an example
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Australopithecus
Definition
brain about the size of an orange
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Australopithecus
Definition
used simple digging tools of bone
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Homo habilis
Definition
used fire but couldn't make it
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Homo habilis
Definition
1st to make stone tools and weapons
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Homo erectus
Definition
1st to migrate out of Africa
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Homo erectus
Definition
1st to make fire
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Homo sapiens Neanderthals
Definition
1st kind of Homo sapiens
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Homo sapiens Neanderthals
Definition
used pitfall traps
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Homo sapiens Neanderthals
Definition
buried their dead ; sign of religion
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Homo sapiens Cro-Magnons
Definition
2nd kind of Homo sapiens
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Homo sapiens Cro-Magnons
Definition
invented the burin
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Homo sapiens Cro-Magnons
Definition
cave paintings were a sign of religion
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Paleolithic
Definition
making fire - which age?
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Paleolithic
Definition
nomadic lifestyle - which age?
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Paleolithic
Definition
hunted and gathered food in home territory - which age?
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Neolithic
Definition
domesticating and herding animals -which age?
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Neolithic
Definition
village government - which age?
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Neolithic
Definition
specialization begins - which age?
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Neolithic
Definition
planting crops - which age?
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Neolithic Revolution
Definition
change from hunting and gathering TO farming and herding
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natural selection
Definition
nature chooses who lives and who dies
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Charles Darwin
Definition
he theorized that man evolved from the apes
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survival of the fittest
Definition
only the strong survive ( physical or mental strength)
Term
walking upright
larger brain (intelligence)
opposable thumbs
Definition
3 things separating man from apes
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Creationism
Definition
religious idea of God creating the world in 6 days
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6,000 years old
Definition
age of the earth according to Creationism
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Before the Common Era
Definition
BCE
Term
Anno Domini
Definition
AD
Term
In the year of the Lord
Definition
meaning of Anno Domini
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Common Era
Definition
CE
Term
specialization
government
staying in one place
increased food supply
increased population
Definition
development of farming
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