Across
- 2. a U.S. anthropologist that was searching for fossils in Ethiopia where they discovered an adult female hominid that they nicknamed "Lucy"
- 4. a hominid found in northern Tanzania by the Leakeys in 1960
- 5. a British anthropologist that began searching for early human remains in East Africa in the 1930s with his wife Mary
- 6. people's unique way of life
- 7. of or relating to the time during the early Stone Age when people made rough tools and weapons out of stone
- 8. known as the New Stone Age.It was a time of more rapid development.It started around 8000 B.C.to 3000 B.C.
- 11. ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs
- 12. Evidence such as bones and artifacts that may reveal how people used to live, what they looked like, hoe tall they were, the types of food they might have had, and how long they lived
- 14. a place where archaeologists uncover artifacts
- 16. people who work at digs and dig until they uncover artifacts.
- 19. humans and other creatures that walked upright, had opposable thumbs, and could walk for long distances and four-footed ones
- 20. an archaeologist that led her team to many discoveries. She became one of the world's renowned hunters of human fossils
Down
- 1. human-like beings who walked up-right and who's footprints were preserved in ash in East Africa
- 3. of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age characterized by polished stone implements
- 9. relating to, or being a stone tool
- 10. lived 1.6 million years ago. They dug fro their food, cut meat from animals, scrape skin from animals, used fire and invetned language
- 13. an adult hominid found by Donald Johanson's team. She lived about 3.5 million years ago.
- 15. means "man of skill". Lived 2.5 million years ago. Were given their name by tools found in East Africa. Used tools made of lava stone
- 17. the species name for modern humans. Means "wise men"
- 18. objects made by people such as jewelry and pottery