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Chapter 1 Nature, Humanity, and History: The First Four Million Years Flashcards

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199647315natural selectionthe biological process by which variations that enhance a population's ability to survive in a particular environment become dominant in a species over a lond period of time0
199647316evolutionthe development of new species overtime1
199647317australopithecinesalong with humans, they make up the primate family known as hominids2
199647318hominidmodern or extinct bipedal primates3
199647319bipedalismwalking upright on two legs4
199647320Great Ice Agethe Northern hemisphere ---mostly all of it--- was covered by great ice sheets5
199647321Homo habilis"handy human"6
199647322Homo erectus"upright human"7
199647323Homo sapiens"wise human"8
199647324culturelearned patterns of action and expression9
199647325historythe development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices and events10
199647326Stone Agewhen metal tools first appeared11
199647327Paleolithicthe "Old Stone Age"12
199647328Neolithicthe "New Stone Age"13
199647329foragershunting and food-gathering people14
199647330Agricultural Revolutionthe change from food gathering to food production15
199647331Holoceneera since about 9000 B.C.E.16
199647332magaliths"big stones"17
199647333archaeologythe study of physical remains of ancient cultures or eras18
199647334artifactany man-made object or tool19
199647335historianan expert in history20
199647336geographythe study of the earth's land21
199647337chronologya record of events in the order of their occurrence22
199647338periodizationdividing into historical eras for analyzing and studying23
199647339themeidea or subject matter OR a written composition24
199647340demographystudy of the human population25
199647341gendersexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture26
199647342historiographyliterature dealing with historical matters27
199647343datainformation; statistics28
199647344facta piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred29

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