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13 Cards in this Set
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Definition: Prehistory
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Before writing
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Researchers of Prehistory
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Archeologist - digs
Anthropologist - doesn't dig |
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Definition: Artifacts
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Past objects, people made or used
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Definition: Radiocarbon Dating
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Find age of artifact with carbon
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Definition: Thermoluminescence
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Heat material, radiation = light
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DNA Testing
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Compare DNA - past and present
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Australopithecine: Name Meaning, Date appeared, Location, Characteristics
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"Southern Ape", 4-5 MYA, Africa, 1st to stand upright, oldest known hominid (but not human), Brain size - 1/3 modern human
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Australopithecine: Who/When/Where discovered, Nickname
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Donald Johanson, 1974, Ethiopia, Lucy
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Homo-Habilis: Name Meaning, Date appeared, Location, Characteristics
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"Handy Man", 2.4 MYA, Africa, 1st human, 1st to use tools, Brain size - 1/2 modern human
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Homo-Habilis: Who/When/Where discovered
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Mary and Louis Leakey, 1959, Olduvai Gorge
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Homo Erectus: Name Meaning, Date appeared, Location, Characteristics
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"Upright Man", Africa, 1.5-2 MYA, 1st to control natural fire, 1st to migrate out of Africa, Brain size - 3/4 modern human
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Homo Sapiens: Name Meaning, Date appeared, Location, Characteristics.
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"Wise Man", 200,000 YA, Africa, 1st to create fire, 1st to have language, modern humans
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Homo Sapiens Migration Theories
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Migrated around world 100,000 YA because of climate change, used land bridges, now gone, ice ages 1.6 MYA, on all continents except Antarctica by 9000 BC
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