Prehistory & Early Humans Vocabulary

Prehistory

• scientific method of determining of age of old material by means of the content of carbon 14
• Branch of the primate order of which humans are the only surviving species.
• "Handy Man" was first discovered in 1964. Used and made tools and a direct ancestor to Homo sapiens.Humans and other humanlike creatures that walk upright.
• The period of time before written records.

Hunter-gatherer

• group of families with a common ancestor
• Nomadic groups whose food supply depended on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.
• a structure found in England believed to have been built in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
• Taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food.

Fossil

• Remains of plants, animals, or footprints preserved in rocks.
• objects made and use by early humans, usually dug up by archeologists.
• Before Common Era
• people who wonder from place to place.

Hominid

• Modern man; the only surviving species of the hominids.
• Branch of the primate order of which humans are the only surviving species.
• people who wander from place to place
• scientific method of determining of age of old material by means of the content of carbon 14

Australopithecus

• The first known hominids , they appear in Africa 5 million years ago
• An ancestor of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, they were the first to walk upright.
• A well-developed Neolithic village discovered in Southern Turkey and studied by archaeologists.
• Also known as the New Stone Age, this was the period of time when people started to farm, make pottery, and weave

Nomads

• "Handy Man" or "Man of Skill" was first discovered in 1964. Used and made tools and a direct ancestor to Homo sapiens.
• The period of time before written records.
• people who wander from place to place
• A well-developed Neolithic village discovered in Southern Turkey and studied by archaeologists.

Agricultural Revolution

• The early period in human history from abut 2,500,000 BC- 10,000 BC when humans used simple stone tools.
• The first known hominids , they appear in Africa 5 million years ago
• scientific method of determining of age of old material by means of the content of carbon 14
• The period when humans began to grow crops instead of hunting and gathering plants.

Catalhoyuk

• Also known as the New Stone Age, this was the period of time when people started to farm, make pottery, and weave
• A well-developed Neolithic village discovered in Southern Turkey and studied by archaeologists.
• scientific method of determining of age of old material by means of the content of carbon 14
• The early period in human history from abut 2,500,000 BC- 10,000 BC when humans used simple stone tools.

Paleolithic Age

• Study of past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts.
• Objects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists
• scientific method of determining of age of old material by means of the content of carbon 14
• The early period in human history from abut 2,500,000 BC- 10,000 BC when humans used simple stone tools; also referred to as the Old Stone Age.

Homo Sapiens

• The period of time before written records.
• Also known as the New Stone Age, this was the period of time when people started to farm, make pottery, and weave
• Modern man; the only surviving species of the hominids.
• the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food