Chapter One, Lesson 1

3. a humanlike creature that walked upright
5. a hominid which flourished in southern and eastern Africa: "southern ape."
7. a Sumerian temple
9. rock-like remains of biological organisms such as leaf imprints or a skeleton
14. a method of dating artifacts by measuring the amount of C 14 that still exists
15. a hominid that may have used tools; "handy human.
16. a hominid that showed rapid brain growth and conquered fire; "wise human"
19. the study of human life and culture

1. "old stone" refers to the Old Stone Age
2. the time before writing was developed
4. refers to the migration of hominids to Europe and Asia
6. measure the light given up by electrons trapped in the soil surrounding fossils and artifacts
8. items such as tools, pottery, bones, skin, and plant seeds
10. one of the first civilizations developed by 3000Bc in Mesopotamia
11. to remain alive or in existence
12. the study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind
13. a time between 100,000 BC and 8000 BC when sheets of thick ice covered parts of Europe, Asia, and North America
17. group of hominids that lived between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago
18. a hypothesis or unproved assumption
20. a hominid that had arms and legs in proportion to modern humans