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Neolithic Era |
New Stone Age - people's shift from food gathering to food producing by domesticating plants and animals. During this era, people also used advanced tools, made pottery, and developed weaving skills |
Domestication |
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hunter-gatherer |
early people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants for food |
food |
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homosapien |
The human species that emerged in east Africa between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago and migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas. |
human |
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Domestication |
taming of animals such as cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs |
animals |
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Migration |
The movement from one place to another |
Moving |
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Nomads |
People who migrated in search of food, water, and shelter |
Migrating |
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Archaeologist |
Someone who studies past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts. |
Fossils and artifacts |
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Carbon Dating |
A scientific test used to analyze an artifact or fossil. |
Science |
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Stonehenge |
An example of an archaeological site composed of the assembly of megaliths (large stones) in southern England that was begun during the Neolithic Age and completed during the Bronze Age. |
Big rocks |
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Fertile Crescent |
The semicircle region that stretches from the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, around the Syrian Desert, north of Arabia to the Persian Gulf the civilizations of the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin began. |
Civilizations began |
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Çatalhöyük |
An example of a Neolithic settlement currently under excavation in Anatolia. |
Neolithic |
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Civilization |
A complex culture which can produce a surplus of food, establish large towns with a government, and has people who perform different jobs. |
culture |