| 2344095072 | Homo erectus | An extinct human-like species. | 0 | |
| 2344120804 | Homo sapiens | The species of bipedal (two-legged) primates to which modern humans belong. | 1 | |
| 2344140867 | Paleolithic Era/Period | "Old Stone Age"; period before 8000 BCE; the time of hunter and gatherer peoples. | 2 | |
| 2344165484 | Slash-and-burn agriculture | An agriculture technique which cleared out space to be used for the cultivation and the domestication of plants. | 3 | |
| 2344172966 | Pastoralists | People who domesticated animals to use for food. | 4 | |
| 2344185597 | Patriarchy | A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. | 5 | |
| 2344229033 | Hunters and gatherers | Foragers and food collectors. | 6 | |
| 2344342257 | Ice Age | A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. | 7 | |
| 2344349030 | Last Ice Age | Peaked around 20,000 years ago; thick ice sheets covered much of northern Eurasia and North America. | 8 | |
| 2344388624 | Agriculture | The domestication or cultivation of plants for the purposes of food and money. | 9 | |
| 2344392571 | Neolithic Era/Period | "New Stone Age"; period from 8000 BCE to 3500 BCE; time of agricultural peoples. | 10 | |
| 2344407997 | Neolithic Revolution | The major shift nearly 12,000 years ago that marks the beginning of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. | 11 | |
| 2344445794 | Bering Strait | A land bridge between Siberia and Alaska that was used to cross to the Americas. | 12 | |
| 2344461747 | Clovis | A prehistoric Native American culture that first appears in the archaeological record of North America around 12,000-11,000 years ago. | 13 | |
| 2344545202 | Shamans | People believed to be especially skilled at dealing with the spirit world. | 14 | |
| 2344591630 | Egaltarianism | A belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs. | 15 | |
| 2344599535 | Jomon | Paleolithic societies in Japan. | 16 | |
| 2344622301 | Labrador | Region in northern Canada. | 17 | |
| 2344639779 | San | Paleolithic society on the northern fringe of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa. | 18 | |
| 2344644189 | Khosian | A language whose speakers have lived throughout eastern and southern Africa for many millennia. | 19 | |
| 2344726017 | Ju/'hoansi | A distinct group of San peoples. | 20 | |
| 2344733927 | N/um | A spiritual potency that lies in the stomach and becomes activated during "curing dances"; used by the Ju/'hoansi. | 21 | |
| 2344853719 | Chumash | A paleolithic society located in southern California. | 22 | |
| 2344862513 | Tomol | Planked canoe. | 23 |
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