Human Origins Crossword
Across
- 2. a symbol/picture that represents something
- 4. an object used by post humans that provides evidence of their existence
- 6. human history in the period before recorded events, known through archeological discoveries
- 7. another name for humankind
- 9. a boomerang-shaped region of fertile land in the Middle East
- 12. to convert animals, plants, etc. to domestic uses; tame
- 13. any remains or trail of a living thing from the far past
- 15. to organize and write down laws, rules, into a formal system
- 17. the era marked by the steady development of tools and bone artifacts
- 18. a person skilled at making stuff by hand
- 19. of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads; someone that has no permanent settlement
- 20. a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
Down
- 1. a member of a group of people who exist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild
- 3. wedge-shaped elements used in writing
- 5. the beliefs/behaviors of a group of people certain
- 8. the last phase of the stone age when people domesticated animals and planted crops
- 10. a professional writer from a time before printing presses
- 11. a massive, stepped tower built in ancient Mesopotamia
- 14. a way of life focused on permanent, fixed settlements rather than constant migration
- 16. a large, organized society with social hierarchies