Flashcards on Chapter 1 Lesson 3
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Scientists who study the culture, way of life, shared way of doing things, beliefs, and language of different people.
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Anthropologists
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Scientists who work to uncover the story of early people by digging up and studying the traces of early settlements.
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Archaeologists
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Human culture developed during the prehistoric period known as?
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The Stone Age
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How do archaeologists uncover the story of early people?
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Answer: These types of scientists study what they find and study traces of early settlements to uncover the story of early people. They want to learn the age and meaning of fossils and artifacts they find to uncover the story.
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Remains of early life preserved in the ground such as bones, teeth, or a skull.
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Fossils
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A human made object of interest to an archaeologist.
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An artifact.
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What do archaeologists do?
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Answer: This scientists learns about early people by digging up and studying things like artifacts and fossils.
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What have archaeologists learned about early humans from the evidence they have found?
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Answer: Scientists have learned that: The first humanlike creatures developed in Africa. People began to use tools, control fire, speak, grow crops and raise animals in the stone age.
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The way of life of a people including beliefs, language, and way of doing things.
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Culture
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A humanlike being that walks on two feet
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Hominid
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Names of some early hominids
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Homo erectus (upright man), Homo Habilis (man of skill), and Homo Sapiens (wise man)
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Species of humans that buried dead, made cave paintings, made sharper tools, farmed, developed, writing, and built villages.
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Homo Sapiens (Modern Humans)
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Another word for hominids
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Australopithecines
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Who found Homo habilis (man of skill) fossils in East Africa showing evolution started in Africa?
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Louis, Mary Leakey
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Prehistoric period that lasted from 2.5 million to 8000 BC, also called the Old Stone Age.
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Paleolithic Age
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Prehistoric period that lasted from 10,000 to 6000 BC, also called the Middle Stone Age.
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Mesolithic Age
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Prehistoric period that lasted from 8000 to 3000 BC, also called the New Stone Age.
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Neolithic Age
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What achievements occurred during the Stone Age?
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Answer: People began to use tools, develop language, became masters of fire, and began farming during this time.
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The earliest human like creatures that walked on two feet.
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Australopithecines called hominids.
