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Prehistory
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Time before writing was invented
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Prehistoric time period ended..
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Around 3200 BC
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Hunter/Gatherer society
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Survived on hunting and gathering food
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Hominids
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The earliest humans
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Australopithecines
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The first hominids
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What did australopithecines develop?
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Opposable thumbs
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Body feature
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When did australopithecines appear
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4 million BC
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Who found ___ of australopithecines in East Africa
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Mary Leaky found footprints
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What year did Mary Leaky find footprints
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1978
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Mary Leaky also discovered tools in
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Olduvai, Gorge
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Who is Lucy
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Oldest complete hominid
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Who discovered Lucy
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Donald Johnson in 1974 in Ethiopia
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Home Habilis
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Man of skill
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When did Homo Habilis appear
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2.5 to 1.5 BC
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Achievement of Habilis
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First to make simple tools
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Homo Erectus
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Upright man
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When did Homo Erectus appear
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1.6 million to 30,000 BC
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Achievements of Homo Erectus
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Fire
Migrate to Europe and Asia Developed technology Developed oral language |
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Homo Sapien
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Wise Man
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Earliest man to think
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Homo sapiens migrated to
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All continents except Antarctica
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Neanderthal appeared
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200,000 - 300,000 BC
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Neanderthals
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Are not our ancestors
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Cro-Magon appeared
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40,000 to 8,000 BC
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Cro-Magon
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Effected survival of Neanderthals
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Paleolithic era
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Old Stone Age
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Paleolithic era was ____ society
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Hunter gatherer
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During Paleolithic era we lived in
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Clans
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Neolithic Era
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New Stone Age
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Neolithic revolution
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Agriculture revolution
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Shift from food gather to food producing
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Causes of N. Revolution
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Warming climate
Increased population Steady food supply |
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Farming methods in N. era
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Slash and burn
Domesticated animals |
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N. era resulted in settling of
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Villages
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Villages resulted in
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Decrease of nomadic lifestyle
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Advances of Neolithic era
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Pottery
Weaving skills Advanced tools |
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Ice Age
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Long period of reduced temperature on Earth
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When did the last Ice age occur
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10,000 years ago
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Land Bridge formed because of
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Lowered ocean levels
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Land Bridge Locations
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Asia to North America
Europe to British Isles Japan to Korea Asia to Indonesia |
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Archaeologist
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Study past cultures by analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts
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Dig
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Site where scientists sifts through dirt for clues to the past
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Fossil
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Evidence of early life preserved in rock
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Artifacts
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Human made objects that hint at life during that period
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Carbon dating
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Method of telling approximate age of a fossil or artifact
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Anthropologist
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Studies culture of people
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Culture
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Way in which people live
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Stonehenge
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Archaeological site in England
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Paleolithic era site
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Aleppo and Jericho
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Early cities in Fertile Crescent studied by archaeologists
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Catal Huyuk
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Neolithic settlement currently under construction excavation
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Catal Huyuk is located where
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In Anatolia in Turkey
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