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| 7210899866 | Australopithecus | "the southern ape," flourished in east Africa(4mil-1mil),hominid:creature belonging to Hominande, which are human/humanlike species next to Homo(genus which contains humans), small, hairy, and not smart, had speaking abilities, but undeveloped, opposable thumbs and stood upright, able to plan complicated adventures | 0 | |
| 7210916054 | Çatal Hüyük | one of best-known neolithic sites/settlements where the first development of specialized labor occurred, south-central Anatolia, 5,000 residents, grew from village to town and residents manufactured pots, textiles, baskets, tools, carpets, jewelry, etc., prominent because close to obsidian deposit and traded it to other regions | 1 | |
| 7212389543 | Cave paintings | most fulfilling examples of prehistoric art, many in southern France(Lascaux) and northern Spain(Altamira), depictions of sensitivity and power, subjects were mainly animals-few humans, represented efforts to do sympathetic magic-gain control over subject's spirit by way of accurate representation of physical forms to have a good hunting season, "conscious and purposeful activity of a high order" | 2 | |
| 7212414171 | Complex society | permanent settlement-no forgoing for food, but focused on agriculture, specialization of labor is prominent, individuals have own wealth, social classes are starting to develop, occurred towards the end of the neolithic age | 3 | |
| 7212422675 | Domestication | the capturing and taming of wild animals, happened mostly in Neolithic era, supervised breeding and provided for needs, figured out how to use coats to create textiles | 4 | |
| 7212426009 | Gender | the state of being male or female, members of one or the other gender, women and men were perceived as equals until cities started arising, women cultivated plants and crops while men dealt with game | 5 | |
| 7212433488 | Hominidae | includes human and humanlike species, Australopithecus, family/genus, creatures in this are called hominids | 6 | |
| 7212441537 | Homo erectus | "upright walking human," 2mil-200,000, larger brain than Australopithecus, learned fire, sophisticated tools, genus: Homo, couldn't speak but could coordinate themselves and plans, migrated | 7 | |
| 7212447653 | Homo sapiens | "consciously thinking human," 200,000, brain well developed in frontal regions where "conscious and reflective" thought takes place, intelligence allowed them to understand world around them in order to organize themselves to complete tasks, had vocal cords and could enunciate distinct sounds for communication | 8 | |
| 7212461292 | Metallurgy | metal-working, Neolithic age task, discovered could mall copper into jewelry and melt and cast it into weaponry | 9 | |
| 7212465922 | Neandertal | Paleolithic, first evidence of reflective thought, named after valley in Germany where remains were found, deliberate burials and rituals, honored dead and recognized significance in live and death, had emotion and feeling | 10 | |
| 7212472564 | Neolithic | "new stone age" because of refinements in tool making, discovered agriculture which led to the discovery of permanent settlements and food surpluses that created more people, specialized labor and focus on aesthetic values-religion, pottery, metal, and textile production, caused individual wealth to arise and the development of social classes, religion focused on workings of natural world, studied natural world and eventually found patterns in weather and calendar | 11 | |
| 7212479975 | Paleolithic | "the old stone age," humans foraged for food, sexes were equal, women did plants, men hunted game, lived in small bands-sometimes interacted with neighbors, had some permanent settlements-couple 100, neandertal, Homo sapiens, created trade with obsidian, better diets and weapons, cave paintings-Venus Figurines=religion | 12 | |
| 7212497823 | Patriarchy | institutional domination of men over women, began during urbanization because women had to provide work force and were always out of work providing the work force | 13 | |
| 7212502836 | Specialization of labor | people could focus all of their attention on one aspect of their society such as jewelry making, religion, pottery, etc, led to the growth of individual wealth | 14 | |
| 7212509592 | Technology | application of knowledge for the advancement and improvement of the original way things were done, thought of, or built, very common as humanity progressed from "apes," homo eructs, to homo sapiens | 15 | |
| 7212522330 | Urbanization | the moving/growing into an urban area(cities), happened as Neolithic settlements continued to grow and expand into cities | 16 | |
| 7212527390 | Venus figurines | named after Roman love goddess because they were small sculptures of women that depicted them with exaggerated sexual features, reflect fertility, place in ritual observances to increase fertility, interested in new life, homo sapien work in Paleolithic era | 17 | |
| 7212543160 | Textile | article of clothing that requires the spinning of plant/animal fibers into threads and weaving the threads into cloth, discovered by women, happened because agriculture allowed women to focus on other things and brought in domesticated animals(and plants) that could be bred | 18 |
