Ch. 1 Prehistory Vocabulary

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Prehistory history before written (recorded) records
Archaeology the study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind.
Artifacts any man made object, item of cultural or historical interest.
Anthropology study of humans past and present
Fossils geological remains of plants and animals
Radiocarbon dating measuring how much radioactive carbon is present in carbon based remains to make a guess about their age
Hominid any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates of the family Hominidae, including all species of the genrea Homo and Australopithecus.
Olduvai Gorge a ravine in northern Tanzania west of Mount Kilimanjor, it contains archaeological sites rich in fossil and Paleolithic implements.
Paleolithic Age the cultural period of the Stone Age about 2.5 to 2 million years ago, marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone.
"Lucy" is one of the oldest and best-preserved skeletons of a hominid.
Australopithecus a fossil bipedal primate with both apelike and human characteristics.
"Ardie" oldest skeleton of an early human 4.4 million years old discovered in Africa in 1992.
"Homo habilis" an extinct specie of upright East African hominid having some advanced human like characteristics.
"Homo erectus" an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as, Pithecanthropus erectus
"Homo sapiens" the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong.
Neanderthals an extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age.
Cro-Magnon name that has been used to describe the first early modern humans.
"Out of Africa" theory anatomically modern humans, or homo sapiens.
Paleolithic Age the cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone.
Lascaux cave a cave in Lascaux France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times.
Archaeologist specially trained scientist who work like detectives to discover the story of prehistory peoples.
Neolithic Revolution was a fundamental change in the way people lived, the shift from hunting and gathering to agricultural led to permanent settlements, the establishment of social classes, and the eventual rise of civilization.
Domestication to convert animals and plants to domestic uses. (to tame especially by generations of breeding)
Catalhyuk a 32 acre Neolithic site in south-central Turkey.
Culture a way of life a group of people (behaviors, beliefs, values)
Mary and Louis Leaky anthropologist who first found prehistoric footprints, then skeletons of homo habilis in Africa.
Donald Johanson in 1974 she discovered the skeleton remains of "Lucy"
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