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| landmass that connected Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea |
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| landmass connected much of Southeast Asia |
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| string of islands that separated Sahul and Sunda |
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| separates unique animals and plants of Australia and those of Southeast Asia |
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| discovery of stone tools in Flores suggested Homo erectus was able to cross bodies of water |
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| neaurological disorder where head is smaller than average persons |
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| earliest evidence of human occupation in Australia |
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| early human inhabitance of Australia |
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| showed evidence of being 116,000 ya but controversial |
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| became extinct 50-40,000 ya |
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| rhinoceros sized kangaroos |
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| evidence of coexistence of humans and megafauna |
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| beeswax figure of turtle on rock-shelter wall |
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| wasp nest overlying painting of human figure on rock |
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| rock art that showed equip. hunter-gatherers used |
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| earliest inhabitance of Americas |
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| human occupation that predates Clovis theory |
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| land bridge that connected Asia and N. America |
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| potential migration route between ice sheets |
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| stone tools with fluted points |
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| pre-clovis model in Pennsylvania |
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| Brazel, hunted sea birds and fished |
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| Peru site between 12,700-12,500 ya |
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| early arrival in Canada (not accepted) |
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| early arrival model in Brazil (highly controversial) |
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| argues origin of Clovis culture lies in Solutrean |
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| proposed the Solutrean hypothesis |
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| male skeleton with flint arrow embedded in pelvis |
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| Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act controls the remains of ancient Native Americans |
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| megafauna extinct doubtfully b/c of overhunting |
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| massive bison kill in Colorado |
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