Early Humans Vocabulary

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artifacts

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an object made or used by people in the past

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archaeologist

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an expert who studies the past by examining objects

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historian

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an expert who studies and records the past

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geographer

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an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

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ritual

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relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

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prehistoric

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before written history

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primary source

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something written or created by a person who experienced a historical event

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secondary source

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a work produced about a historical event by someone who was not there

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hominin

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an early ancestor of humans

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migrate

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to move from one place to another