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Early humans

________ found shelter in caves and simple structures made from wooden poles and animal hides.

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Olduvai Gorge

The location in East Africa where the oldest hominid at the time (1959) was discovered at 1.8 million years old.

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Hominids

Human- like creatures that walked upright.

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Archaeology

The study of past societies by analyzing what the people left behind.

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Anthropology

The study of human life and culture.

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Australopithecus

A type of hominid known to be the common ancestor for many types of early human life.

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Paleolithic Age

the early period of human history where humans used stone tools (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 B.C .)

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Prehistory

The time before writing was developed.

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homo sapiens sapiens

Hominids that have similar anatomy to modern humans and existed in Africa 150, 000- 200, 000 years ago.

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Prehistory

The time before writing was developed

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Archaeology

The study of past societies by analyzing what the people left behind

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Anthropology

The study of human life and culture

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Olduvai Gorge

The location in East Africa where the oldest hominid at the time (1959) was discovered at 1.8 million years old

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Australopithecus

A type of hominid known to be the common ancestor for many types of early human life

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Homo sapiens sapiens

Hominids that have similar anatomy to modern humans and existed in Africa 150,000-200,000 years ago

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"out-of-Africa" theory

The theory that Homo sapiens sapiens replaced earlier hominids in Europe and Asia after spreading out to other parts of the world

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Fossils

Rocklike remains of a biological organism

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artifacts

objects made by humans

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"out-of-Africa" theory

Theory that Homo sapiens sapiens replaced other hominids when they spread out across the world.

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