Human Origins Flashcards

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Transformation

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To change

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Define Advent

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Prior/before

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Sedentary

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Still

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Sequence

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In order

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What was the Paleolithic era also called?

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The old Stone Age

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What were people in he Paleolithic era?

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Hunter-gatherers and nomads

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What are nomads?

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People who move around-

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Where did all human race begin?

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East Africa

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How long ago did the human race begin?

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100,000 to 400,000 years ago

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Where did early humans migrate (in order)?

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Africa->Eurasia->Australia-> and the Americas

The world was Pangea

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How did early people get to America?

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An ice age connected a land bridge

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What does CE / BCE stand for?

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Before common era and common era (not in that order)

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Characteristics of Paleolithic Era?

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  • Nomadic
  • invented first tools and weapons (made of stone)
  • learned how to make fire
  • lived in small groups (clans)
  • developed an oral language
  • created “cave art”
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What does Paleolithic mean?

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Means “old” and early Stone Age

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What was the main factor needed to change or shift from Paleolithic to Neolithic?

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Agriculture

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What is domestication

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The taming of animals

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What are methods used for dating artifacts?

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Carbon 14.
Geolayering
Crop yield

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Paleolithic

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  • Nomadic
  • invented first tools and weapons made of stone
  • learned to make fire
  • lived in small clans
  • developed oral language
  • created cave art
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Neolithic era

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  • developed agriculture
  • domesticated animals
  • used advanced tools
  • permanent settlements
  • made pottery
  • developed weaving skills
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When did Homo sapiens emerge?

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Emerged in Africa between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago

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Where did Homo sapiens migrate? (In order)

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Africa-> Eurasia-> Australia-> Americas

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How did Homo sapiens get their food

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Hunter gatherers

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What is an archaeologist?

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Studies past cultures by studying fossils and artifacts

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Fossils

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Hair bones etc

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Artifacts
Tools clothes etc
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Where is Stonehenge
England
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Where is Aleppo
Syria -
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Catal huyuk
Turkey Anatolia
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What is 'prehistory'
The time before writing
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When did the agricultural revolution occur?
During the Neolithic era
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What are the three types of hominids?
``` Homo habilis Homo erectus Homo sapiens - Neanderthal - cro magnon ```
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What did Louis and Mary Leakey do?
In the mid-1970s Mary Leakey an archaeologist, led an expedition and Laetoli in Tanzania. In 1978 they found prehistoric footprints resemblance humans. They found footprints made by an "australopithecine"
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How long did the Paleolithic age last?
It lasted from about 2.5 million BC to 8000 BC
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The new Stone Age or the Neolithic age began approximately when?
8000 BC and ended approximately 3000 BC