Early Humans Vocab

Paleolithic

• The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period

• The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization.

• People who move from place to place in search of food. Usually following herds or crops (vegetation growth).

• The cultivation (development) of land and breeding of animals to provide food and other resources in order to sustain life

Neolithic

• (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization.

• Gathering, hunting, fishing, tend to be nomadic.

• A period in human history, beginning around 3000 B.C. in some areas, during which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons

• A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets.

Clans

• Groups of related families

• The cultivation (development) of land and breeding of animals to provide food and other resources in order to sustain life

• A period in human history, beginning around 3000 B.C. in some areas, during which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons

• Gathering, hunting, fishing, tend to be nomadic.

Nomads

• People who move from place to place in search of food. Usually following herds

• The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purificatio

• Stage of human cultural development that is the most advanced.

• An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.

Agriculture

• The cultivation (development) of land and breeding of animals to provide food and other resources in order to sustain life

• Focusing on different jobs and specialties that help an entire group or civilization

• The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.

• Growing food on a regular basis

Irrigation

• The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.

• Groups of related families

• The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.

• Stage of human cultural development that is the most advanced.

Domestication

• Taming or training animals to assist humans with jobs (for example, dogs helping humans hunt animals or Oxen pulling heavy plows

• Focusing on different jobs and specialties that help an entire group or civilizatio

• Gathering, hunting, fishing, tend to be nomadic.

• Stage of human cultural development that is the most advanced.

Specialization

• Focusing on different jobs and specialties that help an entire group or civilization

• People who move from place to place in search of food. Usually following herds

• (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilizatio

• Gathering, hunting, fishing, tend to be nomadic.

Surplus

• An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.

• Taming or training animals to assist humans with jobs (for example, dogs helping humans hunt animals or Oxen pulling heavy plows

• The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification

• A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets.

Ice Age

• A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets.

• A period in human history, beginning around 3000 B.C. in some areas, during which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons

• Groups of related families

• The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.