1. Early Cultures Vocabulary

2. Ancestor A relative who lived in the past (“hominids” are early human ancestors)

3. Society A community of people who share a common culture

4. Hunter-gatherer People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

5. Migrate To move

6. Domestication Changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

7. Agriculture Farming

8. Tool Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task

9. Ice Ages Long periods of freezing weather between 1.6 million to 10,000 years ago

10. Paleolithic Era The “Old Stone Age” that lasted about 2.5 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago

11. Neolithic Era The “New Stone Age” that lasted from about 10,000 years ago to about 5,000 years ago