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10412726591"Out of Africa" MigrationsThe migrations of humans away from our origins in Africa to other places, beginning between 100,000 and 60,000 years ago0
10412736329Agricultural TransitionThe gradual transformation of human societies from hunting and gathering to farming1
10412744303B.C.E.Before Common Era2
10412745402C.E.Common Era3
10412745999CivilizationMore complex societies that were based in bustling cities and governed by formal states4
10412751678Clovis PointThe fluted projectile point characteristic of North American Paleoindians5
10412756240EurasiaThe large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia6
10412758578Homo SapiensThe species name for modern humans7
10412760664Hunter-GathererA member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food8
10412762105Ice Age (30,000 - 15,000 Y.A.)A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets9
10412765511KinshipA social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption10
10412767626Land Bridge TheoryThe theory that Native Americans crossed into North America from Asia over a land bridge that once connected North America and Asia11
10412772308Papua New GuineaAn island country in the Southwest Pacific12
10412775547Neolithic Revolution(10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization13
10412778025Neolithic EraPeriod during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood14
10412779562PastoralismA type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter15
10412781999PatriarchyA form of social organization in which males dominate over females16
10412783110PaleolithicLiterally "old stone age"; the term used to describe early Homo sapiens societies in the period before the development of agriculture17
10412789006Root CropsCrops that are reproduced by cultivating either the roots or cuttings from the plants18
10412790227Tree CropsCrops that are harvested from trees19

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