Chapter 2 Early Man
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lmillertyme on October 27, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Prehistory | time before writing |
| Hominid | early ancestor of humans |
| ancestor | relative from the past |
| Ice Age | long period of freezing weather |
| Australopithecus | First man to have the ability to walk on two legs |
| Agriculture | farming |
| Domestication | changing plants and animals to make them useful to humans |
| Homo Habilis | handy man, used stone tools |
| Migrate | to move |
| Homo Erectus | upright man, moved out of Africa to Asia and Europe |
| Homo Sapien | wise man, created fire and language |
| Paleolithic Era | Old Stone Age |
| Mesolithic Era | Middle Stone Age |
| Neolithic Era | New Stone Age |
| Iceman | oldest mummy found in the Alps in 1991 |
| society | group or people living together sharing a common culture |
| nomad | person without a permanent home, constantly moving around to find food |
| Revolution | an era of great change |
| megalith | huge stones used as monuments |
| tool | handheld object modified to accomplish a task |
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