Red 6 - Prehistory Vocabulary List

The time period before written records

• Prehistory

• Stone Age

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

Period of time where humans invented and primarily used STONE tools

• Prehistory

• Stone Ages

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

Old Stone Age, 2.6 million years ago - 10,000 years ago

• Prehistory

• Stone Age

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

New Stone Age, 10,000 years ago - marks the shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture (farming)

• Prehistory

• Stone Age

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

the study of humans and their development, including human culture and human behavior

• Anthropology

• Hominid

• Ancestor

• Prehistory

early relatives to modern-day humans

• Anthropology

• hominid

• Ancestor

• Homosapiens

relatives or family members who lived in the past

• Anthropology

• Hominid

• Ancestor

• Neanderthals

“southern ape” - one of the first hominids capable of walking on 2 feet

• Australopithecus

• Homo-habilis

• Homo-erectus

• Homo-sapiens

Who is Lucy?

• the handy man - one of the first hominids to create stone tools

• a wise man - group including modern-day humans

• Australopithecus whose remains are more than 3 million years old

• Homo sapiens from the Stone Age

“handy man” = one of the first hominids to create stone tools

• Australopithecus

• Homo habilis

• Homo erectus

• homo sapiens