Across
- 4. means handy man. Appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. Brain was about half the size of modern humans.
- 10. archaeologists are people who dig up things to look at the past.
- 13. the study of artifacts
- 15. before writing
- 16. hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants, berries, nuts, and other foods.
- 17. anything you can dig up to find out about the past and the people of the past. Examples: knives, pottery, masks, toys, and parts of old homes.
- 22. jobs
- 24. stood upright and walked on two legs. Brain was about one-third of modern humans
- 25. made art
- 26. scientific test shows that the body was about 5,300 years old and from the Neolithic Era.
- 27. Classes rankings in society
- 28. migrated out of africa
Down
- 1. that start of agriculture.
- 2. paleoanthropologist. She found skull fragments that were 1.75 million years old and she also found footprints that were 3.5 million years ago.
- 3. old stone age
- 5. moving place to place as they followed migrating animal herds.
- 6. the Australopithecine skeleton found
- 7. the bridge between russia and alaska
- 8. humanlike creatures that walked up right. Appeared in Africa 4-5 million years ago.
- 9. equality among individuals
- 11. the culture was the same
- 12. means upright man. Appeared in Africa 2-1.5 million years ago. Used early stone tools. Learned to control fire. Migrated out of Africa.
- 14. built monuments out of megaliths, or huge stones, for burial or spiritual purposes.
- 18. means wise man. Appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago and migrated around the world. Developed language. Same species as modern humans.
- 19. farming happened by accident but it happened globally all at the same time. Taming of plants and animals for human use.
- 20. a cave
- 21. the era from 10,000 BCE - 5,000 BCE. known as the new stone age.
- 23. this neolithic village was located in present day Turkey and was home to some 5000 to 6000 people around 6000 BC. The village covered more than 30 acres, making it the largest Neolithic site that archaeologists have found.
