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7199108632AustralopithecusOldest known ancestor of humans; it li ed from around 400 million down to around one million years ago, and it could walk on hind legs, freeing up hands for use of simple tools.0
7199109721Catal HuyukImportant Neolithic settlement in Anatolia. (7250-6150 B.C.E)1
7199109722Cave PaintingsPaintings that the homo sapiens made in caves that were usually of animals and main things in their lives.2
7199110183Complex SocietySocial formation that is described as a formative or developed state.3
7199110184DomesticationThe process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.4
7199110563GenderGender equality was in place early on in history but later due to urbanization was declined.5
7199110564HominidaeA creature belonging to the Hominidae, which includes human and humanlike species.6
7199111414Homo ErectusUpright walking human which existed from two million to two hundred thousand years ago; home erectus used cleavers and hand axes and learned to control fire.7
7199111415Homo SapiensConsciencly thinking humans which first appeared around two hundred fifty thousand years ago and used sophisticated tools.8
7199112528MetallurgyTrhe branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.9
7199112842NeandertalEarly humans who were prebalent during the Paleolithic period.10
7199112844PaleolithicOld stone age, a long period of human development before the development of agriculture.11
7199112843NeolithicNew stone age which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture.12
7199113536PatriarchyThe institutional domination of men over woman.13
7199113537Speacialization of LaborThe idea that people focus on one type of labor like pottery and metalworking.14
7199114011TechnologyThe application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.15
7199114013UrbanizationThe process of making an area more urban.16
7199114012TextilePeople made these of newly raised crops and then found new tech to help them with spinning.17
7199114363Venus FiguresSmall Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features.18

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