Early Cultures Vocabulary

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Early Cultures Vocabulary
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Ancestor
A relative who lived in the past (hominids are
early human ancestors)
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Society
A community of people who share a common culture
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Hunter-gatherer
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants,
seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
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Migrate
To move
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Domestication
Changing plants or animals to make them more
useful to humans
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Agriculture
Farming
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Tool
Any handheld object that has been modified to
help a person accomplish a task
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Ice Ages
Long periods of freezing weather between 1.6
million to 10,000 years ago
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Paleolithic Era
The Old Stone Age that lasted about 2.5 million
years ago to about 10,000 years ago
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Neolithic Era
The New Stone Age that lasted from about 10,000
years ago to about 5,000 years ago