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1
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hominids

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earliest ancestors of human

2
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paleolithic age

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old stone age
made tools
hunters and gatherers
nomadic

3
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what is in stage 1 of the paleolithic age?

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hominids – two legged primates

  • -includes humans
    • australopithecines
  • -an appausable thumb
4
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what is in stage 2 of the paleolithic age?

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homo habilis – man of skills

  • -stone tools
  • -found shelter
    • found cave paintings
5
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stage 3 of paleolithic age?

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homo erectus – upright human being

    • bipedalism
  • -larger and primitive tools (primitive tech)
  • -first to use fire
6
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stage 4 of paleolithic age?

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homo sapiens – wise human being

  • -neanderthals
    • cro magnons
7
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what are neanderthals

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  • -1st skull of neanerthal man
    • clothes out of animal skins
  • -lived in caves and tents
8
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stage 5 of paleolithic age?

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cro magnons– homo sapiens sapiens (wise wise humans_

9
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neolithic

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new stone age

10
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gradual shift from..

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nomadic lifestyle to hunting and gathering

11
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the agricultural revolution

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developed independently in different parts of the world

12
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homo sapiens fossils

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  • -human evolution based on culture

- - increased brain size in hominids

13
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prosimians

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–oldest living primates (small and nocturnal)

14
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anthropoids

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  • -human like primates
  • new world monkeys
  • old world monkeys
  • hominoids
15
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hominoids

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hominids
great apes
living and extinct humans