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| the culture associated with H. erectus, including handaxes and other types of stone tools; more refined than the earlier Oldowan tools |
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| the most dominant tool in the Acheulian complex, characterized by a sharp edge for both cutting and scraping |
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| an early Homo species and the likely descendant of H. habilis; the first hominid species to move out of Africa into Asia and Europe |
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| the name first proposed by Ernst Haeckel for the oldest hominid; Dubois later used this name for his first fossil discovery, which later became known as Homo erectus |
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| a slight ridge of bone found along the midline saggital suture of the cranium, which is typically found on H. erectus skulls |
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| earliest Native American ("Paleoindian") culture of North America; technology known for large, fluted, bifacial stone projectile points used as spear points for big game hunting |
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| Early Native American (immediately following Clovis) culture of North America; technology known for large, fluted, bifacial projectile points used as spear points for big game hunting |
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| nicknamed "Hobbit" for its diminuitive size, a possible new species of Homo found in Liang Bua Cave, on the Indonesian island of Flores |
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| a distinctiv method of stone tool production used during the Middle Paleolithic, in which the core was prepared and flakes removed from the surface before the final tool was detached from the core |
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| general term for the large game animals hunted by pre-Holocene and early Holocene animals |
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| a condition in which the cranium is abnormally small and brain is underdeveloped |
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| the middle part of the Old Stone Age, associated with Mousterian tools, which Neandertals produced using the Levallois technique |
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| the stone tool culture in which Neandertals produced tools using the Levallois technique |
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| a cranial feature of Neandertals in which the occipital bone projects substantially from the skull's posterior |
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| the earliest hominid inhabitants of the Americas; they likely migrated from Asia and are associated with the Clovis and Folsom stone tool cultures in North America and comparable tools in South America |
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| a dental trait, commonly found among Native Americans and Asians, in which the incisors' posterior aspect has varying degrees of concavity |
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| refers to the most recent part of the Old Stone Age, associated with early modern Homo sapiens and characterized by finely crafted stone and other types of tools with various functions |
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