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Archaeologist |
A person that studies ancient humans and also explores old ruins |
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Stone age: |
The stone age was a prehistoric period in which humans started to make things. |
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Artifacts |
An item made by humans that have historical interest. |
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Paleolithic |
An early stage of the stone age witch stone was used. |
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Neolithic |
A later part of the stone age when polished stone weapons were used. |
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Tool |
Something used to carry out a particular function. |
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Nomadas |
A person that keeps moving. |
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Cave art |
Art that is drew on a rock with bone or something else. |
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Settlement |
:A place where people established a community. |
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Culture |
The wase of a person carried on by their family. |
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Domestication |
To tame something. |
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Hominid |
A primate of a family that includes humans and other fossils |
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Hunter-Gather |
People that go get resources to survive. |
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Wooly Mammoth |
A cousin of a elephant that has hair and large tusks. |
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Surplus |
an amount of something left over when requirements have been met. |
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Quern |
A simple hand mill for grinding grain. |
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Fertile Crescent |
The Fertile Crescent is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt. |
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Catal Huyuk |
archaeological site in what is now south-central Turkey. Along with Jericho, it's considered one of the oldest cities in the world, dating from almost 7500 BC. |