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| People who moved from location to location following herds of animals for food. |
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| People who hunted animals and gathered foods, such as nuts, berries, and vegetation, to survive. |
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Means "wise man."
Migrated around the world, same species as modern humans.Used a wide range of tools; learned to create fire; likely developed language. |
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| Means "upright man." Appeared in Africa 201.5 million years ago. Used early stone tools such as the hand ax. Migrated out of Africa. |
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| Means "handy man." Appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. Used crude stone tools for chopping and scraping. Brain was about half the size of those of modern humans. |
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| Means "southern ape." Appeared in Africa about 4-5 million years ago. Stood upright and waled on two legs. |
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| Lasted from over 2.5 million years ago until about 10,000 years ago. People were nomads, or hunter-gatherers. These people improved the quality of tools and weapons. |
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| Civilization (characteristics, 7) |
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| Art and architecture, specialization of labor, organized government, formalized religion, developed cities, record keeping and writing, social classes. |
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