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7288445649Austronesian MigrationsThe last phase of the great human migration tgat established a himan presence in every habitable region of the earth0
7288445650AustronesianSpeaking people settled the Pacific Islands and Madagascar in a series of seaborne migrations that began around 3,500 years ago1
7288445651Brotherhood of the TomolA prestigious craft guild that monopolized the building and ownership of large oceangoing canoes, or tomols among the Chumash people2
7288445652Chumash CulturePaleolithic culture of Southern California that survived until the modern era3
7288445653Clovis CultureEarliest widespread and distinctive culture of North America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point4
7288445654DreamtimeA complex worldview of Australia's Aboriginal people that held that current humans live in a vibration or echo of ancestral happenings5
7288445655Flores ManA recently discovered hominid species of Indonesia6
7288445656"Gathering and hunting peoples"People who live by collecting food rather than producing it. Recent scholars have turned to this term instead of the older "hunter gatherer" in recognition that such societies depend much more heavily on gathering than on hunting for survival.7
7288445657Great GoddesA dominant deity of the Paleolithic era8
7288445658HadzaA people of northern Tanzania, almost the last surviving Paleolithic society9
7288445659"Human revolution"Term used to describe the transition of humans from acting out of biological imperative to dependence on learned or invented ways of living (culture)10
7288445660Ice ageAny number of cold periods in the earth's history; the last Ice Age was at its peak around 20,000 years ago11
7288445661"Insulating the meat"San cultural practice meant to deflate pride that involved negative comments about the meat brought in by a hunter and the expectation that a successful hunter would disparage his own kill12
7288445662Jomon CultureA settled Paleolithic culture of prehistoric Japan, characterized by seaside villages and the creation of some of the world's earliest pottery13
7288445663Megafaunal ExtinctionDying out of a number of large animal species, including the mammoth and several species of horses and camels, that occurred around 11,000-10,000 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age. The extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing climate of the era14
7288445664NeanderthalsHomo sapiens neanderthalensis, a European variant of of Homo sapiens that died out about 25,000 years ago15
7288445665n/umAmong the San, a spiritual potency that becomes activated during "curing dances" and protects humans from the malevolent forces of gods or ancestral spirits16
7288445666"The original affluent society"Term coined by the scholar Marshall Sahlins in 1972 to describe Paleolithic societies, which he regarded as affluent not because they had so much but because they wanted or needed so little17
7288445667PaleolithicLiterally "old Stone Age"; term used to describe early Homo sapiens societies in the period before the development of agriculture18
7288445668Paleolithic rock artTypically used to describe the hundreds of Paleolithic paintings discovered in Spain and France and dating back to about 20,000 years ago; usually depict a range of animals, although human figures and abstract designs are also found. The purpose of this art is debated.19
7288445669Paleolithic "settling down"Process by which some Paleolithic people's moved toward permanent settlement in the wake of the last Ice Age. Settlement was marked by increasing storage of food and accumulation of goods as well as growing inequalities in society20
7288445670San, or Ju/'hoansiPaleolithic people still living on the northern fringe of the Kalahari desert in Southern Africa21
7288445671ShamanPerson believed to have the ability to act as a bridge between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of France's induced by psychoactive drugs22
7288445672Trance danceIn San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a human beings inner spiritual potency (n/um) to counteract the evil influences of gods and ancestors. The practice was apparently common to the Khoisan people, of whom the Ju/'hoansi are a surviving remnant23
7288445673Venus figurinesPaleolithic carvings of the female form, soften with exaggerated breasts, buttocks, hips, and stomachs, which may have had religious significance24

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