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2344095072Homo erectusAn extinct human-like species.0
2344120804Homo sapiensThe species of bipedal (two-legged) primates to which modern humans belong.1
2344140867Paleolithic Era/Period"Old Stone Age"; period before 8000 BCE; the time of hunter and gatherer peoples.2
2344165484Slash-and-burn agricultureAn agriculture technique which cleared out space to be used for the cultivation and the domestication of plants.3
2344172966PastoralistsPeople who domesticated animals to use for food.4
2344185597PatriarchyA system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.5
2344229033Hunters and gatherersForagers and food collectors.6
2344342257Ice AgeA 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
2344349030Last Ice AgePeaked around 20,000 years ago; thick ice sheets covered much of northern Eurasia and North America.8
2344388624AgricultureThe domestication or cultivation of plants for the purposes of food and money.9
2344392571Neolithic Era/Period"New Stone Age"; period from 8000 BCE to 3500 BCE; time of agricultural peoples.10
2344407997Neolithic RevolutionThe major shift nearly 12,000 years ago that marks the beginning of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.11
2344445794Bering StraitA land bridge between Siberia and Alaska that was used to cross to the Americas.12
2344461747ClovisA prehistoric Native American culture that first appears in the archaeological record of North America around 12,000-11,000 years ago.13
2344545202ShamansPeople believed to be especially skilled at dealing with the spirit world.14
2344591630EgaltarianismA belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs.15
2344599535JomonPaleolithic societies in Japan.16
2344622301LabradorRegion in northern Canada.17
2344639779SanPaleolithic society on the northern fringe of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa.18
2344644189KhosianA language whose speakers have lived throughout eastern and southern Africa for many millennia.19
2344726017Ju/'hoansiA distinct group of San peoples.20
2344733927N/umA spiritual potency that lies in the stomach and becomes activated during "curing dances"; used by the Ju/'hoansi.21
2344853719ChumashA paleolithic society located in southern California.22
2344862513TomolPlanked canoe.23

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