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| the time before people discovered writing |
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| humanlike creatures that precedded human beings |
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| the study of objects leftbehind by ancient people |
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| people that compare hominid bones and other fossil remains looking for changes in brain size and posture |
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| it measures the amount of radioactive to tell how old it is |
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| the oldest hominid teeth ever found |
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| a 3.2 million year old skeleton of a homminid |
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| prehuman hominids| also called "southrern ape"| ate fruits ,fish ,dead animals |3.5-5 feet tall|small brains, flat noses and long teeth |
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| person with ability| lived 1.5 -2.4 million years ago| manufactured simple tools| average height 5" tall|scavenged for food|did nont stand tall |
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| person who walks upright lived in africa, asia, and europe| mostly food gatherers | made fire |made clothess from leather| lived l.8 milion years ago until 30,000 years ago |
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| originated in africa| lived 50,000 years ago|dominated all continents for 20,000 years| cro-magnons and neanderthals came from this group| they are people that think |
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| the time between two million and ten thousand years ago were the earth experienced four periods of cold climate |
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| named after neander valley I where it wasfound | 5.5 feet tall | larger brains |
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| taller and skinnier than neanderthals |they created the first cave pictures |created lots of weopons |created the first boats |
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| a pre historic man that was stuck in ice for 5,000 years |
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| the period of new agricultural methods |
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| river valley civilizations |
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| civilizations built next to rivers |
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| extra goods (e.g food money metals) |
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| upper class is usually closet to the center middle class is in the middle and the lower class is in the outskirts of the city |
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| a story on how the civilization was created |
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| the sharing of of goods and ideas |
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