hunters and gatherers
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hominidintellect on October 30, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 paleolithic | Old Stone Age when people made tools from stones and were hunters and gatherers |
| mesolithic | Middle Stone Age |
| neolithic | Most recent period of the Stone Age Man learns to farm |
| fossil | remains of something that was once living |
| artifact | remains of things that were man-made |
| hominids | family of mankind and his/her relatives |
| bipedalism | moving on two legs in an upright manner |
| nomads | people who moved from place to place in search of food |
| band | group of related families who cooperated for a common purpose |
| basic needs | food, clothing, shelter |
| migration | movement from one place to another, usually refers to a long trip by a group |
| ice age | any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface |
| glacier | large, thick body of slowly moving ice |
| tundra | a large, flat plain without trees in the arctic regions |
| division of labor | a system in which the members of a group do different tasks according to their abilities and the group's needs |
| role | part person plays in the band such as a hunter |
| prehistory | the time before written records |
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