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Chapter 1 The emergence of Early Human communities

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249803928societyorganized groups of people who have identifiable languages and social structures that reflect values and meaning purposefully taught
249803929pangaeasupercontinent, the center of which is present day Africa
249803930Laurasiawhen pangaea broke into two large land masses.
249803931gondwanalandsouthern continents
249803932plate tectonicssplitting off and drifting toward other locations
249803933prehistorytime before written history
249803934paleontologistsceintists who study the fossils of plants and animals
249803935archaeologistscientists who study the remains of ancient people (both fossils and artifacts or manmade objects)
249803936anthropologistscientist who study physical and cultural characteristics of people
249803937carbon 14 datingmethod to determine the age of archaeological finds. measures the amount of radioactive carbon left in an object
249803938accelerator mass spectrometryseparates fossil samples, one thousand size needed for carbon dating
249803939DNAreveal similarities and differences between hominid types
249803940hominidhumans
249803941great rift valley...
249803942bipedalismwalking upright
249803943Tim White1994, 37 individual discovered in Ethiopia
249803944ardipitheius ramidus"Ardi" fossil revealing. complete skeleton of a woman
249803945Donald Johanson1974. Australopithecus afarensis. found in Hadar
249803946Lucycomplete skeletal of woman. 3-4 feet tall. smaller than Ardipithecus ramidus. teeth closer to more modern himinids than those of Ardi
249803947LateoliTanzania, where footprints of an adult and child were found
249803948Mary and Louis Leakey1962-1964 found homo habilis
249803949Homo Habilis2.5 million- 1.6 million. disportionately long arms, bigger brain. known as "handy man" with stone tools
249803950Kamoya Kimeufound Turkana boy in Lake Turkana in Kenya and Ethiopian border
249803951Ricahrd Leakeyson of Mary and Louis Leaky
249803952Homo erectuslarger brain, lost body hair. used fires, hand axes
249803953Homo Sapiensconsciously thinking human
249803954Neanderthalhonored and buried their dead
249803955Cro MagnonHomo Sapiens sapiens. capacity for art
249803956Culturelearned behavior and social organization
249803957In situin its original place

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