Early Human Vocabulary
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Middle Awash Valley | a place in Ethiopia |
| hunter-gather | A person who gets food by hunting wild animals and gatherings(foraging) wild plants, roots, nuts, berries, and later hunter gathers fished. |
| culture | the attitudes, beliefs, customs, traditions, art, and achievements of a society that are passed from one generation to another |
| fossil | the remains or imprint of a plant or animal from the past geological age. |
| anthropologist | a social scientist who studies the behavior and the physical, social, and culture development of humans |
| paleontologist | a scientist of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils. |
| geologist | a scientist who studies the origin, history and structure of the earth |
| bipedal | an animal with two feet used for walking erect/upright |
| "Lucy" | 3.2 million years ago a partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus Afarresis discovered at Hadar in Ethiopia |
| quadruped | an animal, especially a mammal, having four feet. |
| primates | a chief or leader. The highest order of mammals= a group including man, monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees. |
| evolution | any process of formation or growth; development |
| hominid | the first people that lived about three million years ago |
| Olduvai Gorge | a ravine in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains |
| artifacts | an object made by humans that is of archaeological or historical interest |
| lith | a combining form meaning "stone" |
| paleo | ancient,old,prehistoric |
| neo | new, recent |
| Paleolithic Period | the earliest period of human development called The Old Stone Age ended in 750,00 BCE |
| Neolithic Period | last part of the Stone Age |
| Ice Age | a period from about 1,500,00 B.C. to 8000 B.C. during which much of the Earth was covered periodically by glaciers |
| adapt | to change/make suitable for a specific use or situation. To adjust to a new conditions or habitat. |
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