Ch. 1 Vocab Flashcards

80786992	natural selection	biological process by which variations enhance a population's ability to survive in a particular environment become dominant in a species	0
80786993	evolution	changes that occur over time in plants and animals that result in new species	1
80786994	Homo erectus	extinct human speices, had a 1/3 larger brain than Homo habilis, evolved in Africa 2 millions years ago, upright human	2
80786995	Great Ice Age	a period that occurred between 2 million and 11,000 years ago that resulted in new species evolving because of climate shifts	3
80786996	Homo habilis	The first human species (now extinct) that evolved in Africa 2.5 million years ago	4
80786997	bipedalism	the ability to walk upright on two legs	5
80786998	culture	socially transmitted patterns of action and expression, also physical objects, dwellings, clothing, tools, and crafts	6
80786999	Homo sapiens	the current human species that evolved 200,000 years ago	7
80787000	hominid	biological family that includes human and ape like primates	8
80787001	australopithecine	the several extinct species that existed during the Peistocene era	9
80787002	history	the study of past events and changes	10
80787003	Stone Age	historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone.	11
80787004	Neolithic	period of Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution	12
80787005	forager	people who support themselves by hunting wild animals and eating edible plants	13
80787006	Paleolithic	the period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans	14
80787007	Agricultural Revolution	the change of food gathering to food production	15
80787008	megalith	structures and complexes made of very large stones	16
80787009	Holocene	the geological era since the end of the Great Ice Age	17