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people of the stone age
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History
6th Grade
10/08/2008

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prehistory
Definition
history that happened before the invention of writing
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evidence
Definition
proof rather than written words
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archaeologist
Definition
locate and study things left behind by people
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paleoanthropologist
Definition
study ancestors of modern human
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fossil
Definition
remains of once living things
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excavate
Definition
to uncover
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band
Definition
small groups of these hominids across Africa's Sahara and into Asia
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artifact
Definition
human made object from long ago
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radiocarbon dating
Definition
how much carbon remains in a once living person, animal, or plant. Only works for fossils 70,000 years or younger
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extinct
Definition
no longer living
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migration
Definition
movement from one place to another
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ice age
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a long period of bitter cold with huge sheets of ice that covered earth surface
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glacier
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a huge sheet of ice that move slowly and covers the earth
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tundra
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large treeless plains found in arctic regions
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culture
Definition
a way of life that sets a group of people apart from others
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society
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organized group of people living and working under a set of rules an traditions
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