ASB 222 Ancient Cities and Lost Tribes.
Module 2
Social Learning and Lithics - answer making stone tools activates the same part of the
brain as communication; making stone tools is a learned social behavior that was
shared between early hominids.
bifacial flaking - answer Flakes struck from two sides of a tool to create a cutting edge
Pleistocene - answerThe most recent epoch of the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, beginning
about 1.8 million years ago and marked by as many as 20 glaciations and
interglaciations of which the current warm phase, the Holocene epoch, has witnessed
the rise of human civilization.
glacial period - answera period of ice advance associated with falling temperatures
Out of Africa Evidence 1 - answerDmanisi, Georgia first out of africa, here are found a
series of craniums and tools from early homo
Out of Africa Evidence 2 - answerin Flores, Indonesia there was a group of early
hominids that suffered from island dwarfism 18,000 years ago isolated survivor of first
migration out of Africa
pleistocene technologies - answerwatercraft
2nd human diaspora - answersecond migration out of Africa 200,000 years ago to sahul
and new Guinea
hunter-gatherers - answerPeople who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits,
and nuts to survive
Early Homo - answeris the hominid group from which modern humans were probably
descended
ethno-linguistic group - answerA group of people who share a common language and
culture
Homo erectus - answer"Upright man" these hominids became skillful hunters and
invented more sophisticated tools for digging, scraping and cutting. They also became
the first hominids to migrate from Africa. Also were the first to use fire.
Module 2
Social Learning and Lithics - answer making stone tools activates the same part of the
brain as communication; making stone tools is a learned social behavior that was
shared between early hominids.
bifacial flaking - answer Flakes struck from two sides of a tool to create a cutting edge
Pleistocene - answerThe most recent epoch of the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, beginning
about 1.8 million years ago and marked by as many as 20 glaciations and
interglaciations of which the current warm phase, the Holocene epoch, has witnessed
the rise of human civilization.
glacial period - answera period of ice advance associated with falling temperatures
Out of Africa Evidence 1 - answerDmanisi, Georgia first out of africa, here are found a
series of craniums and tools from early homo
Out of Africa Evidence 2 - answerin Flores, Indonesia there was a group of early
hominids that suffered from island dwarfism 18,000 years ago isolated survivor of first
migration out of Africa
pleistocene technologies - answerwatercraft
2nd human diaspora - answersecond migration out of Africa 200,000 years ago to sahul
and new Guinea
hunter-gatherers - answerPeople who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits,
and nuts to survive
Early Homo - answeris the hominid group from which modern humans were probably
descended
ethno-linguistic group - answerA group of people who share a common language and
culture
Homo erectus - answer"Upright man" these hominids became skillful hunters and
invented more sophisticated tools for digging, scraping and cutting. They also became
the first hominids to migrate from Africa. Also were the first to use fire.
