Early ManEarly Man

Key Vocabulary and ConceptsKey Vocabulary and Concepts

PREHISTORYPREHISTORY

Definition: Human Definition: Human societies before written societies before written recordsrecords

99% of human history99% of human history

Primitive, simple societiesPrimitive, simple societies

CIVILIZATIONCIVILIZATION

Definition: Society Definition: Society with farming, trade, with farming, trade, government, art and government, art and sciencescience

NOT PREHISTORICNOT PREHISTORIC

More advanced, more More advanced, more complicatedcomplicated

HOME TERRITORYHOME TERRITORY

Definition: area Definition: area where hunters and where hunters and gatherers livedgatherers lived

Located near food, Located near food, water and shelter water and shelter sourcessources

DOMESTICATIONDOMESTICATION

Definition: human Definition: human control over plant and control over plant and animal lifeanimal life

Allows humans food Allows humans food surplussurplus

More work gets doneMore work gets done

MIGRATIONMIGRATION

Definition: the Definition: the movement of humans movement of humans from one settlement from one settlement location to anotherlocation to another

Early societies moved Early societies moved with animals or with animals or weatherweather

SPECIALIZATIONSPECIALIZATION

Definition: assigning Definition: assigning specific jobs to certain specific jobs to certain people within a culturepeople within a culture

Hunter/gatherers – men Hunter/gatherers – men hunt, women collect plant hunt, women collect plant food and care for childrenfood and care for children

HOMINIDHOMINID

Definition: a Definition: a mammal that walks mammal that walks on two legson two legs

Includes apes, and Includes apes, and humanshumans

NEANDERTHALNEANDERTHAL

Definition: First humans Definition: First humans on earthon earth

Good huntersGood hunters

Built shelters with Built shelters with mammoth bones and skinsmammoth bones and skins

First people to bury deadFirst people to bury dead

CRO-MAGNONCRO-MAGNON Definition: First modern Definition: First modern

human beingshuman beings

Skilled toolmakersSkilled toolmakers

Increased food supplyIncreased food supply

Invented the axeInvented the axe

Cave paintingsCave paintings

PALEOLITHICPALEOLITHIC

Definition: a period of Definition: a period of human history from human history from 2.3 million years ago 2.3 million years ago until 10,000 years agountil 10,000 years ago

Hunting and gathering Hunting and gathering societiessocieties

Primitive culturesPrimitive cultures

NEOLITHICNEOLITHIC Definition: a period of Definition: a period of

human history between human history between 9500 BC and 3000 BC9500 BC and 3000 BC

Humans changed from Humans changed from food collectors to food food collectors to food producersproducers

More complex societies, More complex societies, villages, religionvillages, religion