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2788959116hunting and gatheringA society in which most food is obtained from wild plants and animals0
2788959117NeolithicThe last phase of stone age marked by domestication of animals1
2788959118CultureQuality in a person that arises from concern for what is regarded as excellence in arts2
2788959119BandA company of things joined or functioning together3
2788959120MatrilocalRelating to residence with wife's family4
2788959121Catal huyukA large neolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia5
2788959122Bronze ageA period in history of humankind following the stone age6
2788959123SpecializationPursuing a particular line of study7
2788959124CivilizationAn advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture has been reached8
2788959125NomadsA member of a tribe that has no permanent home but moves from place to place9
2788959126Homo SapiensSpecies of bipedal primates to which humans belong10
2788988560Agrarian revolutionThe transformation of British agriculture, characterized by the enclosure of land11
2788988561MatrilinealOf or based on kinship with the mother12
2788988562Neolithic revolutionThe wide-scale transition of human cultures from hunter-gatherers to agriculture13
2788988563DomesticationTaming of a population of organisms to gather traits that are desirable14
2788988564SurplusHaving more than what is needed or used15
2788988565PaleolithicPeriod of human history distinguished by the development of primitive stone tools16
2788988566SavagesA member of people regarded as uncivilized17
2788988567NeanderthalsAn extinct species of humans which are found in Eurasia18
2788988568Natufian complexA culture that existed in eastern Mediterranean19
2788988569PastoralismA branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock20
2788988570JerichoA town in Palestine that was destroyed by the Israelites after they crossed Jordan21
2788988571Social differentiationDistinction between social groups resulting in the assignment of rules within the society22

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