Key vocab Human origin Flashcards
Pre-history
History before writing was invented 5,000 years ago
Archeology
The study of human history and prehistory
Anthropology
The study of what makes us humans
Paleontology
the study of the history of life on earth and fossil
Geography
the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments
Carbon-Dating
A scientific method that accurately determines age organic tools
Living/Dating
Fossil
The preserved remains of plants and animals
Artifacts
A remains, such as tools, Jewelry and humans made objects
Migration
Movement from one country, place or locality to another.
Why do human or animal migration? (for food)
Paleolithic
of or relating to the earliest period of stone age.
stone age, old, new
Hunter/Gather
any person who depends wild food and subsistence
Nomad
A person who move from place to place, setting down on a area
Neolithic
the critical transition is the result in the birth of agriculture.
The era when the panming plants and animals create permanent settlements.
Agriculture
The cultivation of the food and goods through framing.
The art and science of cultivating the soil,grow,crops,and raising livestock.
Sedentary
Living in a group permanently in one place
A person who remains, a resident of the place or region of his or her birth