Early Man Vocabulary

To tame animals to make them useful to people.

To go from one place, country, region, or place to another.

A usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flaking tool.

An amount or quantity greater than needed.

A great sheet of slowly moving ice.

A person without a permanent home that travels from place to place in search of food.

The period of time before events were recorded in writing.

A long period in the past that lasted for millions of years. Glaciers covered much of the Earth.

Prepare and use the land to raise crops; farming.

Stands for Anno Domini; all years after year 0 to the present.

Stands for Before Christ; all years prior to the year 0.

To train to do a particular kind of work (artist, blacksmith, carpenter, etc.).

The earliest period of human culture, beginning 2 million years ago and lasting until 8,000 B.C. Also known as the (Old Stone Age).

A period in history that began in 8,000 B.C. in which people first lived and farmed in communities. Also known as the (New Stone Age).