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Early humans
________ found shelter in caves and simple structures made from wooden poles and animal hides.
Olduvai Gorge
The location in East Africa where the oldest hominid at the time (1959) was discovered at 1.8 million years old.
Hominids
Human- like creatures that walked upright.
Archaeology
The study of past societies by analyzing what the people left behind.
Anthropology
The study of human life and culture.
Australopithecus
A type of hominid known to be the common ancestor for many types of early human life.
Paleolithic Age
the early period of human history where humans used stone tools (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 B.C .)
Prehistory
The time before writing was developed.
homo sapiens sapiens
Hominids that have similar anatomy to modern humans and existed in Africa 150, 000- 200, 000 years ago.
Prehistory
The time before writing was developed
Archaeology
The study of past societies by analyzing what the people left behind
Anthropology
The study of human life and culture
Olduvai Gorge
The location in East Africa where the oldest hominid at the time (1959) was discovered at 1.8 million years old
Australopithecus
A type of hominid known to be the common ancestor for many types of early human life
Homo sapiens sapiens
Hominids that have similar anatomy to modern humans and existed in Africa 150,000-200,000 years ago
"out-of-Africa" theory
The theory that Homo sapiens sapiens replaced earlier hominids in Europe and Asia after spreading out to other parts of the world
Fossils
Rocklike remains of a biological organism
artifacts
objects made by humans
"out-of-Africa" theory
Theory that Homo sapiens sapiens replaced other hominids when they spread out across the world.
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