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World and Encounters 4th edition
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198406536Austrolopithecus"Southern ape," oldest known ancestor of humans; it lived from around four million down to around one million years ago, and it could walk on hind legs, freeing up hands for use of simple tools.0
198394805Catal HuyukImportant Neolithic settlement in Anatolia (7250--6150 B.C.E.).1
198394806ChinookPermanent Paleolithic settlement in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.2
198394807Cro-MagnonHomo sapiens sapiens, who appeared forty thousand years ago during the Paleolithic age and were the first human beings of the modern type.3
198406535HistoryEra after the invention of writing4
198394808HominidsA creature belonging to the family Hominidae, which includes human and humanlike species.5
198394809Homo erectus"Upright-walking human," which existed from 1.5 million to two hundred thousand years ago; Homo erectus used cleavers and hand axes and learned how to control fire.6
198394810Homo sapiens"Consciously thinking human," which first appeared around two hundred fifty thousand years ago and used sophisticated tools.7
198394811Homo sapiens sapiensFirst human being of the modern type, which appeared roughly one hundred thousand years ago; Cro-Magnon falls into this category.8
198394812JerichoEarliest known Neolithic village.9
198394813JomonPaleolithic settlement located in central Japan.10
198394814NatufiansPermanent Paleolithic settlement in the eastern Mediterranean.11
198394815NeanderthalEarly humans (100,000 to 35,000 years ago) who were prevalent during the Paleolithic period.12
198394816PaleolithicOld Stone Age, a long period of human development before the development of agriculture.13
198394817PrehistoryThe period before the invention of writing.14
198394818Venus figurinesSmall Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features.15
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