Early Humans Vocabulary

before written or recorded history

• prehistoric

• contemporary

• ancient

• modern

the use of skills and knowledge to make ​the work of every day life easier

• band

• development

• technology

• innovation

a person who studies the different climates

• archaeologist

• geologist

• climatologist

• meteorologist

relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (hunter-gatherers)

• Mesolithic

• Neolithic

• Pre-historic

• Paleolithic

an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

• technology

• fossil

• artifact

• band

the earliest known period of human culture, marked by the creation and use of stone tools

• Stone Age

• Renaissance

• Age of Exploration

• Industrial Revolution

people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

• nomads

• artisans

• hunters and gatherers

• herdsman

any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

• paleolithic age

• ice age

• mesolithic age

• stone age

a strip of land connecting two continents

• strait

• land bridge

• fjord

• canal

movement of people from one place to another

• exploration

• destination

• stationary

• migration