Unit: 1 Vocabulary The Origin of Man

the time before written language

humanlike creature that walked upright

earliest hominis that lived in Africa; called the "southern ape"

first to make stone tools; "handy man"

"Upright man" these hominids became skillful hunters and invented more sophisticated tools for digging, scraping and cutting. They also became the first hominids to migrate from Africa. Also were the first to use fire.

A species of the creatures Hominid who have larger brains and to which humans belong, dependent of language and usage of tools.

"wise, wise humans," they were the first anatomically modern humans

Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source.

any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis

The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. Called the New Stone Age

the middle part of the Stone Age; marked by the creation of smaller and more complex tools

skilled workers who make goods by hand usually for trade

one of the world's first villages, established in modern-day Turkey

A complex, highly organized social order; usually are cities with a government, religion, social structure, writing, and art