Flashcards on the Stone Age and Early Humans

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The Stone Age

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A prehistoric period when weapons and tools were made of stone or organic materials such as bone, wood, or horn.

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Paleolithic Period

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The early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone tools were used.

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Mesolithic Period

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Middle phase of the Stone Age – Approx 10,000 BC to 6,000 BC.

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Neolithic Period

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Later phase of the Stone Age, Approx. 8,000 BC – 3,000 BC, period where only Homo sapiens lived.

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Hominids

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Erect primate mammals that include recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms.

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Homo habilis

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Lived from approx. 2.5 million to 1.5 million years ago. Early form of hominids, first to use stone tools.

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Homo erectus

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Means “upright man.” Lived from approx. 1.6 million to 250,000 BC.

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Homo sapiens

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The primate species to which modern humans belong; humans regarded as a species. Lived from approx. 4,000 BC to present time.

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Hunter-gatherer

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A human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals).

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Archaeologist

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A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.