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Chapter 2
Early Humans
Term | Definition |
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prehistory | a time before writing was invented |
hominid | early ancestors of humans |
ancestor | a relative who lived in the past |
tool | any handheld objects modified (changed) to help a person accomplish a task |
Paleolithic Era | "Old Stone age" |
society | a community of people who share a common culture |
hunter-gatherers | people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, nuts to survive |
migrate | to move |
ice ages | freezing times when earth had large glaciers |
land bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
Mesolithic Era | "Middle Stone age" |
Neolithic Era | "New Stone age" |
domestication | the process of changing plants and animals to make them ore useful to humans |
development | creation |
Agriculture | farming |
Megaliths | huge stones used in monuments like Stone Henge |