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| mobile societies with an economy based on herds of domestically animals. |
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| during glacial periods, new Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania were a single continent. |
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| a current that brings cool waters from the south up along the Andean coast, accounting for the remarkable wealth of marine resources in the area. |
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| camelid animals domesticated in the Andean highlands; guanacos are the ancestral species of this camelid. |
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| camelid animals domesticated in the Andean highlands; vicurias are the ancestral species of alpacas. |
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| the period beginning 5.700 years ago when sites with monumental architecture flourished on the coast of peru. |
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| a severe reversal of the Humbolt Current that causes a massive decline in marine resources along the Andean coast. Possible push for a partial reliance on agriculture. |
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| a major cereal crop domesticated in southern China in the Yangtze and Hual River Valleys. |
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| a cereal crop domesticated in northern china in the region around the yellow river valley. |
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| Japanese pre-agricultural societies that lived in large villages and produced elaborate pottery. |
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| a site in northern china that has yielded dates of 10.000 years ago for domesticated millet. |
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| a Neolithic culture in northern china that is particularly well represented in the village site of Banpo. |
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