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Agricultural Revolution: the change from food gathering to food production
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archaeology: the study of physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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artifact: any man-made object or tool
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australopithecines: along with humans, they make up the primate family known as hominids
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bipedalism: walking upright on two legs
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chronology: a record of events in the order of their occurrence
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culture: learned patterns of action and expression
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data: information; statistics
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demography: study of the human population
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evolution: the development of new species overtime
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fact: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
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foragers: hunting and food-gathering people
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gender: sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture
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geography: the study of the earth's land
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Great Ice Age: the Northern hemisphere ---mostly all of it--- was covered by great ice sheets
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historian: an expert in history
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historiography: literature dealing with historical matters
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history: the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices and events
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Holocene: era since about 9000 B.C.E.
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hominid: modern or extinct bipedal primates
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Homo erectus: "upright human"
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Homo habilis: "handy human"
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Homo sapiens: "wise human"
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magaliths: "big stones"
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natural selection: the biological process by which variations that enhance a population's ability to survive in a particular environment become dominant in a species over a lond period of time
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Neolithic: the "New Stone Age"
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Paleolithic: the "Old Stone Age"
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periodization: dividing into historical eras for analyzing and studying
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Stone Age: when metal tools first appeared
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theme: idea or subject matter OR a written composition