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10 Cards in this Set
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Homo Erectus
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Up right man the first hominid to make their way out of Africa and move into Europe and Asia
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Prehistory
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a time before there was written language.
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Archaeologists
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people who study the remains of ancient human culture
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Anthropologist
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people who study the remains of people in fosills and natural remains
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agriculture
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farming introduced in the neolithic age, made it easier for people to become specialized instead of being hunters and gatherers for their entire lives. Created a surplus
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characteristics
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things that make the land or civilization stand out above the rest. the differences between them. What they have in common versus what they have that is different
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civilizations
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an advanced community with a surplus of food living in one place, with a community, and some sort of caste system, or social hierarchy
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Neolithic age
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A time after the invention of agriculture. people became more specialized and formed civilizations instead of living in small familial nomadic groups
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Nomads
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people who travel from place to place, in search of food or shelter. these were common during the Paleolithic age before agriculture because you followed the animals to get food
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Paleolithic age
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A time before the invention of agriculture where people were hunters and gatherers. There was very little civilizations and every lived in familial nomadic groups
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