1. EARLY MAN VOCAB #1 PALEOLITHIC PEOPLE

2. Archaeologist
A scientist who studies artifacts and remains of past people.

3. Prehistory The time when people first appeared on Earth.
Before writing developed, about 5000 years ago.

4. Civilization
When people began to advance culturally and live in villages.

5. Migrate
Moving from place to place, usually during different seasons.

6. Land Bridge A thin strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land.
*The sea level fell and land appeared allowing people to migrate from Africa to Asia, Europe, and eventually the Americas.

7. Land Bridge A thin strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land.
*The sea level fell and land appeared allowing people to migrate from Africa to Asia, Europe, and eventually the Americas.

8. Paleolithic Age
The first age when people lived. They moved with animals and were hunters and gatherers.

9. Hunting and Gathering
Finding food by hunting animals (men) and collecting berries, fruits, and nuts (women).

10. Bands
About people living together and searching for food (in one big group)
Like a large family

11. Neanderthals
First people on Earth:

12. Homo Habilis
Man who has skills

13. Homo Erectus
Man who walks upright

14. Homo Sapiens
Man who can think

15. EARLY MAN VOCAB #2 NEOLITHIC PEOPLE

16. Neolithic Age
Time when people became food producers (no longer hunters and gatherers)

17. Domestication
The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

18. Population
All the people living in a particular town, area, or country.

19. Agriculture The science or practice of farming
(Neolithic people introduced agriculture to us!)

20. Herding
Raising animals in fenced enclosures

21. Specialization
The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill.