Across
- 2. largest peninsula in the world / vast reserves of oil and natural gas / part of Middle East
- 6. made the first stone tools found in the archaeological record / nicknamed "handy man"
- 7. one of the earliest defining human traits / ability to stand and walk on two feet
- 11. _________ and cattle were among the first farm animals that originated in Mesopotamia between 10,000 and 13,000 years ago
- 14. only human species that still exists
- 15. first domesticated animal that formed an alliance with humans shortly after the latter's arrival in Europe 40,000 to 50,000 years ago
- 16. one of the best-preserved Neolithic settlements in southern Turkey (Anatolia)
- 17. humans, apes, and their ancestors
- 18. crop grown in Chinese swamps dating back at least 7,700 years
- 19. another name for corn / crop that emerged around 9,000 years ago in Mexico
- 20. travelling from place to place following food sources
- 21. westernmost extension of the Asian continent / makes up most of modern Turkey
Down
- 1. crop first cultivated 10,000 years ago in Mexico
- 3. the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements / advent of agriculture separated Neolithic people from their Paleolithic ancestors
- 4. types of grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain / includes wheat and barley - two of the first crops domesticated by Neolithic farming communities
- 5. pre-Neolithic people that started building permanent houses in the Fertile Crescent
- 6. first species of ancient humans to create and control fire
- 8. extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominids around 3.3 million years ago to the end of the last Ice Age about 20,000 years ago
- 9. domesticated from animals that Neolithic humans hunted for meat / made the hard, physical labor of farming possible while their milk and meat added variety to the human diet
- 10. very first region where settled farming emerged and early civilizations such as Sumer and Mesopotamia flourished / technological advances in the region include the development of agriculture and the use of irrigation, of writing, the wheel, and glass
- 12. process by which farmers select for desirable traits by breeding successive generations of a plant or animal
- 13. water buffalo and _________ were domesticated around 13,000 years ago in China, India, and Tibet
- 22. female Australopithecus skeleton discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 / tree-dweller / about a meter tall / small brain