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AP World History-Chapter 1-Before History Flashcards

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273159886Australopithecus"Southern ape", oldest known ancestor to humans, walked on hind legs freeing hands for use of tools0
273159888Homo Erectus"Upright walking human", 1.5 million-200,000 years ago, used axes, and learned how to control fires1
273159890Homo Sapiens"Consciously thinking human", 250,000 years ago, used sophisticated tools2
273159892Catal HuyukImportant Neolithic settlement in Anatolia( 7520-6150 BCE)3
273159894Cro-MagnonHomo Sapien Sapien, appeared 40 thousand years ago during the paleolithic era, first modern human4
273159896NeandertalEarly humans who were prevalent during the paleolithic era5
273159897PaleolithicOld Stone age, long period of human development before the development of agriculture6
273159899Venus FiguresSmall Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual feature7
273159901AgricultureFirst started in 13,500 BCE during the Neolithic Era, began to really spread in 4,000 BCE8
273159903MetallurgyBegan in 6,000 BCE9
273159905Chinook SocietyPaleolithic settlement in Pacific northwest region of North America10
273159907Natufian SocietyPermanent Paleolithic settlement in the eastern Mediterranean.11

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