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CE |
Common Era |
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BCE |
Before Common Era |
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What is Pre History? |
The time before writing |
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What is an Archaeologist? |
A person who studys past culture with fossils and artifacts |
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What is a fossil? |
Remains of a previously living person or animal |
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What is an Artifact? |
HUMAN-MADE objects |
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*What is "Radio Carbon Dating" |
Objects that are DATED by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon atoms found |
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When and where were the first humans discovered? |
4.4 million years ago in Africa |
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What is the Stone Age |
When humans began using tools |
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"Old Stone Age" |
Paleolithic, 25 million BCE to 8000 BCE |
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"New Stone Age" |
Neolithic, 8000-3000 BCE |
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Who discovered "Lucy" |
Donald Johnson |
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When was "Lucy" discovered |
1974 |
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Date Lucy was dated back to |
3.2 million years ago |