Distant Past Vocabulary Review

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• Geology

• Anthropology

• Prehistory

• Artifact

Object made by a human a long time ago

• Artifact

• Prehistory

• Culture

• Anthropology

Study of human-kind in all aspects, especially development and culture

• Archaeologist

• Fossil

• Culture

• Anthropology

Person who survives off of hunting animals and gathering plants

• Geologist

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Anthropologist

• Archaeologist

Preserved remains of an ancient human, animal, or plant

• Culture

• Artifact

• Fossil

• Prehistory

Beliefs, customs, practices of a group of people

• Anthropology

• Geologist

• Fossil

• Culture

Scientist who studies human life through fossils and artifacts

• Archaeologist

• Geologist

• Anthropologist

• Culture

Scientist who studies Earth's materials such as rocks and minerals

• Archaeologist

• Anthropologist

• Geologist

• Fossil