Prehistoric Times and the Concepts of History

Period of the human past before writing was invented

the story of the human past

development that separates prehistory from recorded history

folktales that explain the past

the way of life of a people

the number of people who live in a given area

periods when the northern and southern continents were buried under ice and show

Before the birth of Christ

Anno Domini, the years after the birth of Chirst

First period of human history

Second period of human history

Third period of human history

Continent where the earliest humanlike creatures have been found

earliest homo sapiens

prehistoric people who closely resembled modern humans

characteristics that allowed humans to use their hands freely

skills that allowed humans to pass along knowledge

earliest (Paleolithic) ways of getting food

a shaped stone

earliest clothing material

resource used both for cooking and as a weapon

neanderthal shelters

huge wooly creature, often hunted

Person who studies human past

information organized for analysis

scientist who studies the earth

Scientists who studies the remains of ancient people and civilizations

society centered around cities

an object made by early people

huge, slowly moving masses of ice and snow

years in between glacial times

exceptionally long period of time

period of time figured form some particular date

the old stone age

the middle stone age

characteristics that allowed humans to store and use more information than animals

one of the facial characteristics that made a neanderthal different from a Cro-Magnon

man with ability

man who walks upright

man who thinks

how neanderthals disposed of their dead

prehistoric wall art

neolithic ways of securing food

new neolithic living arrangements

neolithic invention used for cookware and food storage

neolithic clothing material

historian devoted to a single branch of study or research

digging into the earth to find ancient remains

to decode an ancient language

careful hunting for facts or evidence

idea about how something happened

the new stone age

period of 1000 years

these were formerly used to date archaeological sites

radioactive element used to date ancient objects

man who developed a way to date ancient objects using a radioactive element

prehistoric dweller on the Southeast Asian island

prehistoric dweller of China

When the Homo sapiens emerged

when the Cro-Magnon people emerged

the color of this depended on the climate where people lived

neolithic material that began to replace stone

neolithic invention that was the basis of transportation

neolithic invention that was a machine to weave cloth

material mixed with clay to produce pottery

harden lava from volcanoes used as mirrors

to determine how old a historical find is

scientist who studies languages and written records

scientists who study the origin and development of human beings

term for father-related society

term for mother-related society

archaeologist's term for the remains of ancient households

the three periods of the Stone Age

the shift from food hunting to food producing

when the Stone Age ended

When the Neolithic Age began

Years of the Paleolithic Age

people who have lived in Australia since prehistoric times

River in western Germany where Neanderthal remains were first found

earliest humanlike creature

possible age of earliest human-like remains

site of the oldest known village

Ancient Turkish village

Method of shaping stone in the Old Stone Age

method of shaping stone in the New Stone Age

neanderthal religious belief about death

first domesticated animal