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4826786500Austronesian migrationMigration out of Africa along int coastline of south Asia and through Oceania and into Australia.0
4826818795ShamanA shaman is a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing.1
4826820565Gobekli TepeArchaeologically categorised as a site of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Period (c. 9600-7300 BC) Göbeklitepe is a series of mainly circular and oval-shaped structures set on the top of a hill. Excavations began in 1995 by Prof. Klaus Schmidt with the help of the German Archeological Institute. There is archelological proof that these installations were not used for domestic use, but predominantly for ritual or religous purposes. Subsequently it became apparent that Gobeklitepe consists of not only one, but many of such stone age temples. Furthermore, both excavations and geo magnetic results revealed that there are at least 20 installations, which in archeological terms can be called a temple.2
4826832846Fertile CrescenctThe Fertile Crescent is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt.3
4826834016TeosinteZea is a genus of plants in the grass family. The best-known species is Z. mays, variously called maize, corn, or Indian corn, one of the most important crops for human societies over much of the world. Several wild species are commonly known as teosintes and are native to Mesoamerica.4
4826839120Bantu migration5
4826849175Pastoral societyA typically nomadic society whose life was dependent on the local animals they had domesticated.6
4826855619Catal HuyukA very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC.[1] It is the largest and best-preserved Neolithic site found to date.7
4826866037chiefdomA chiefdom is a form of hierarchical organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses'.8
4826868900Venus figurines'Venus figurines' - is an umbrella term for a number of prehistoric statues of women sharing common attributes from the Aurignacian or Gravettian period of the upper Palaeolithic, found from Western Europe to Siberia. These items were carved from soft stone, bone or ivory, or formed of clay and fired.9
4826872021DreamtimeThe Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of it's creation, and it's great stories. The Dreamtime is the beginning of knowledge, from which came the laws of existence. For survival these laws must be observed. The Dreaming world was the old time of the Ancestor Beings.10
4826889981Out of Africa TheoryThe most widely accepted model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans. The theory argues for the African origins of modern humans, who left Africa in a single wave of migration which populated the world, replacing older human species11
4826897436Secondary products revolutionthe 'primary' pattern of exploiting domesticated animals for meat in the Early Neolithic was followed by a more diversified exploitation of secondary applications and products such as milk, wool, textiles, and traction. The changes in animal exploitation in the European Neolithic, including secondary uses and products, can be inferred from faunal remains.12
4826907539ForagerA hunter-gatherer13

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