Early Humans Vocabulary

What is a Hominid?

• A stick used by by some indigenous peoples of North America to propel a spear or dart

• An early ancestor of humans that developed in Africa and moved around the world

• A scientist who who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions and monuments from the past.

What is an archeologist?

• A stick used by by some indigenous peoples of North America to propel a spear or dart

• An early ancestor of humans that developed in Africa and moved around the world

• A scientist who who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions and monuments from the past.

What is an Atlatl?

• A stick used by by some indigenous peoples of North America to propel a spear or dart

• An early ancestor of humans that developed in Africa and moved around the world

• A scientist who who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions and monuments from the past.

What is a Hunter-gatherer?

• Early humans who HUNT animals and GATHER wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.

• A scientist who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions and monuments from the past.

• any object made by human beings in the past

What is an Artifact?

• Early humans who HUNT animals and GATHER wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.

• A scientist who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions and monuments from the past.

• any Object made by human beings in the past

What is a NOMADIC LIFESTYLE?

• Constantly Moving from place to place to provide for your Basic Needs-Food, Shelter, Water

• The method for determining the age of an object.

• The period of time before written records.

What is a CARBON DATING?

• Constantly Moving from place to place to provide for your Basic Needs-Food, Shelter, Water

• The method for determining the age of an object.

• The period of time before written records.

What was the Paleolithic Era?

• Known as the OLD Stone age. Early humans used stone tools and moved to survive.

• Known as the NEW Stone age. Early Humans stopped moving and started farming.

• A Time of Climate Change when huge ice glaciers covered the Earth's surface allowing the early humans to travel over the frozen water to new land.

What was the Neolithic Era?

• Known as the OLD Stone age. Early humans used stone tools and moved to survive.

• Known as the NEW Stone age. Early Humans stopped moving and started farming.

• A Time of Climate Change when huge ice glaciers covered the Earth's surface allowing the early humans to travel over the frozen water to new land.

What was the Ice Age?

• Known as the OLD Stone age. Early humans used stone tools and moved to survive.

• Known as the NEW Stone age. Early Humans stopped moving and started farming.

• A Time of Climate Change when huge ICE glaciers covered the Earth's surface allowing the early humans to travel over the frozen water to new land.