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6198925857hunting and gatheringthese societies rely primarily on wild animals and plants0
6198925858civilizationany complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification, symbolic communication forms (typically, writing systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment by a cultural elite, socio-politico-economic characteristics, domestication1
6198925859Paleolithicof, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters2
6198925860Neolithicof, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000-8000 b.c. in the Middle East.3
6198925861nomadsA group of people who are constantly moving and have no home. Hunter and gatherers4
6198925862savagesuncivilized, non-domesticated, lack of culture, untamed5
6198925863culturethe arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively6
6198925864Homo sapiensthe primate species to which modern humans belong; humans regarded as a species7
6198925865neanderthalswent extinct 40k years ago, archaic human, Homo neanderthalensis8
6198925866banda small group of kin, normally smaller than a tribe9
6198925867agrarian revolutionperiod of transition from the pre-agricultural period into an agriculture period characterized by a diet of cultivated food, 10,000 BCE10
6198925868Natufian complexEpipaleolithic culture, 12500-9500 BC, Levant Eastern Mediterranean, grew/used grain "cereal", first civilization11
6198925869matrilocala married couple lives with or resides near the wife's parents12
6198925870matrilinealof or based on kinship with the mother or the female line13
6198925871pastoralismthe practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society14
6198925872Catal Huyuk7500 BC to 5700 BC, abandoned before the Bronze Age, largest and best-preserved Neolithic site15
6198925873Neolithic Revolutionthe domestication of plants and animals by peoples with stone-based technologies, beginning about 10,000 years ago and leading to radical transformations in cultural systems; sometimes referred to as the neolithic transition16
6198925874JerichoPalestinian city, said to be one of the oldest cities in the world and the first city walls17
6198925875Bronze Agefollowed Neolithic period, characterized by the use of bronze and other metals of early urban civilization18
6198925876domesticationthe process of taming an animal and keeping it on a farm19
6198925877social differentiationthe distinction made between social groups and persons on the basis of biological, physiological, and sociocultural factors, as sex, age, or ethnicity, resulting in the assignment of roles and status within a society20

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