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19 Cards in this Set
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hominids
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Early humans and other humanlike creatures.
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artifacts
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Objects made and used by early humans.
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culture
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Beliefs, knowledge, and patterns of living that a group of people acquire by living together
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limited evidence
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Evidence, such as artifiacts, about which little information is given, requiring scientists to make educated guesses.
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nomads
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People who wander from place to place.
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agriculture
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Raising of crops for food.
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domestication
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Taming of animals such as cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs
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hunter-gatheres
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Early people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants for food.
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Donald Johanson
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discovered the 3.18 million year old hominid skeleton popularly known as "Lucy"
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Lucy
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was the first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton ever found, though her remains are only about 40 percent complete
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Mary Leakey
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British archaeologist and anthropologist, who discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull, an extinct ape now believed to be ancestral to humans
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netherlands
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Early people who lived during the Old Stone Age
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Cro-Magnons
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Group of early people appearing about 35,000 years ago in Europe.
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Neolithic agricultural revolution
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Shift in human history from food gathering to food producing
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civilazition
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Complex culture that can produce a surplus of food, establish large towns with a government, and has people who perform different jobs.
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irrigation
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System of ditches and canals that transports water from a source into an agricultural field.
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division of labor
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Characteristic of civilizations in which different people perform different jobs
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artisans
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Skilled workers
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cultural diffusion
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Spread of culture from one area of the world to another.
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