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211037709Venus figurinessmall Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features0
211037710Agricultural revolutionThe time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering1
211037711Slash and burn agricultureAnother name for shifring cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris.2
211037712Shanidar cavecave located in older area of Northeastern Iraq with evidence of medicinal activity in it ~ 30,000 BCE3
211037713Jomon societyPeriod of life in japan. It transitioned over many years from nomadic "hunters and gatherers" to settlements and farmers.4
211037714Natufian societyOne society that took permanent settlement during the Paleolithic times. Few others settled permanently during this time. The Natufians settled near modern Israel and Jordan. They settled permanently because of their large food source (wild buckwheat and fishing).5
211037715Chinook societyA third society that settled permanently. They settled in the Pacific Northwest. They had sources of berries, acorns, and salmon.6
211037716Australopithecusthe earliest humanlike creature that flourished in eastern and southern Africa 3 to 4 million years ago7
211037717Homo erectusextinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain8
211037718Homo sapienhuman being9
211037719Neandertalextinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia10
211037720Cro-magnonearly groups of homo sapiens11
211037721Patriarchal societymale-dominated society12

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