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What is the term used to describe the long period before the invention of writing?

• History

• Prehistory

• Anthropology

• Archaeology

What is an artifact?

• A natural object found in the environment

• A technique for measuring radioactivity

• An object made by humans

• A type of ancient writing

Which field of study is a specialized branch of anthropology that focuses on past cultures through material remains?

• History

• Biology

• Archaeology

• Sociology

Who were the anthropologists that searched for clues in East Africa at Olduvai Gorge?

• Mary and Louis Leakey

• Donald Johanson and Mary Leakey

• Louis Leakey and Donald Johanson

• Mary Leakey and Lucy

In what year did Mary Leakey find the skull of an early human?

• 1950

• 1960

• 1959

• 1974

When scientists study prehistoric people, what do they look at?

• Diaries
• Map
• Artifacts
• Stone Tablets