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22 Cards in this Set
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When did the first humans appear?
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2.5 million BC
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Why is prehistory called prehistory?
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Because it was a time before written records
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What does AD stand for?
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Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)
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What do archeologists do?
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Analyze and study traces of early humans to learn about their lives
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What is the remains of something organic set in stone?
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Fossil
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What is an object that was made by humans?
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Artifact
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What do paleontologists do?
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Study fossils
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What do anthropologists do?
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Look at human culture
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Who found evidence of the first hominid?
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Mary and Louis Leakey
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Where was the footprint of the first hominid found located?
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Olduvai Gorge
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What does Australopithecus mean?
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Southern Ape
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Who found Lucy?
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Dr. Donald C. Johanson
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What are the three periods of the Stone Age, from oldest to newest?
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Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
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Name the kinds of species that evolved into modern day humans, in order from oldest to newest?
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Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnons
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What are the two branches of Homo Sapiens?
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Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons
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What does Homo habilis mean?
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Human with skill
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What does Homo erectus mean?
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Human who walks upright
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What does Homo sapien mean?
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Human who thinks
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What are the two main achievements of Homo erectus?
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Discovering fire and developing language
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What is the main achievement of Neaderthals?
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Advances in housing
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Who made pottery and cave paintings?
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Cro-Magnons
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Who made the canoe?
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Cro-Magnons
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