africa #1
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dtucker2323 on April 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Africa | worlds second largest continent |
| rain forest | 3rd largest in the world |
| savanna | grasslands that cover 33% of the continent |
| desert sahara | one of the worlds largest tropical deserts |
| climate | primarily tropical |
| anthropology | the social science that studies the origin of man |
| theory of evolution | life on earth began as a simple one-celled organism, then gradually became more complex |
| Chas. Darwin | brit naturalist who's voyage on the HMS beagle led him to pen On the Origin of Species |
| L.S.B. Leakey | brit anthropologist who dug up the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania |
| Neanderthal | cave-dweller who lived in 100,000 |
| Cro-Magnon | appeared 40,000 years ago, shorter, dumber, and harrier then the modern man |
| Prince Henrique | 1394-1460 |
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