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4913394971Venus FigurinesPaleolithic carvings of the female form, often with exaggerated breasts, buttocks, hips, and stomachs, which may have had religious significance0
4913394972DreamtimeA complex worldview of Australia's Aboriginal peopel that held that current humans live in an echo of ancestral happenings1
4913394973Clovis CultureThe earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point2
4913394974Megafaunal ExtinctionThe dying-out of a number of large animal species, including the mammoth and several species of horses and camels; occured 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 of climate of the era3
4913394975Austronesian MigrationsThe last phase of the great human migration that established a human presence in every habitable region of the earth. Austronesian-speaking people settled the Pacific island and Madagascar in a series of seaborne migrations that began around 3,500 years ago4
4913394976shamansIn many early societies, a person believed to have the ability to act as a leasion between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of trances induced by psychoactive drugs5
4913394977trance danceIn San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a human being's innter 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 Jo/'hoansi are a surviving remnant6
4913394978Paleolithic settling downThe process by which some Paleolithic peoples 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 society7
4913394979Gobekli Tepeoldest religious structure. made by hunter gathers. Indicates that religion came before organization of labor, settlement and agriculture8
4913394980Fertile CrescentA geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates9
4913394981Teosintea wild grass found in the highlands of Mexico, is the wild ancestor of maize10
4913394982DiffusionIs the process by which a characterictic spreads11
4913394983Bantu Migrations(1500BCE to 500CE) As the Bantu people migrated, they spread the Bantu family of languages and culture. The Bantu also spread the use of iron, which improved farming techniques and agricultural efficiency, the greater food supply sparked economic development and population growth. The changes instigated by the Bantu migration increased the vitality of sub-Saharan Africa.12
4913394984IshiThe last the Yali people found in northern California in 1951. He is a good example of how the growth of agricultural societies led to the collapse of gathering and hunting communities.13
4913394985"secondary products revolution"A term used to describe the series of technological changes that began c.a. 4000 B.C.E., as people began to develop new uses for their domesticated animals, exploiting a revolutionary new source of power. Examples: milk, transportation, wool, hunting help, glue, muscle power, eggs, blood, feathers, bones, ivory, manure/fertilizer, and hides/fur.14
4913394986Pastoral SocietiesBased on the domestication of animals and use their products as main source of food. Groups move where there is foods but they are more settlers than nomads. Independent and warlike.15
4913394987CatalhuyukGood example of agricultural village society. Social structure, buried dead, many people, well built houses, specialization.16
4913394988ChiefdomsA society that is led by a ruler of decent, but seldom used force to lead their people. They relied on generosity, charisma, and leadership to rule.17
4913394989Paleolithic Rock ArtThe hundreds of Paleolithic painting discovered in Spain and France, dating to about 20,000 years ago; these paintings depict a range of animals, although human figures and abstract designs are also found.18
4913394990NeanderthalsHomo sapiens neanderthalensis, a European varient of Homo sapiens that died out about 25,000 years ago19

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