AP World History-Chapter 1-Before History Flashcards
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| 273159886 | Australopithecus | "Southern ape", oldest known ancestor to humans, walked on hind legs freeing hands for use of tools | 0 | |
| 273159888 | Homo Erectus | "Upright walking human", 1.5 million-200,000 years ago, used axes, and learned how to control fires | 1 | |
| 273159890 | Homo Sapiens | "Consciously thinking human", 250,000 years ago, used sophisticated tools | 2 | |
| 273159892 | Catal Huyuk | Important Neolithic settlement in Anatolia( 7520-6150 BCE) | 3 | |
| 273159894 | Cro-Magnon | Homo Sapien Sapien, appeared 40 thousand years ago during the paleolithic era, first modern human | 4 | |
| 273159896 | Neandertal | Early humans who were prevalent during the paleolithic era | 5 | |
| 273159897 | Paleolithic | Old Stone age, long period of human development before the development of agriculture | 6 | |
| 273159899 | Venus Figures | Small Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual feature | 7 | |
| 273159901 | Agriculture | First started in 13,500 BCE during the Neolithic Era, began to really spread in 4,000 BCE | 8 | |
| 273159903 | Metallurgy | Began in 6,000 BCE | 9 | |
| 273159905 | Chinook Society | Paleolithic settlement in Pacific northwest region of North America | 10 | |
| 273159907 | Natufian Society | Permanent Paleolithic settlement in the eastern Mediterranean. | 11 |