Prehistory Vocabulary

Relatives or family members who lived in the past

• Ancestors
• Neighbors
• Friends
• Colleagues

The total number of people in a specific area, such as a city, state, or country

• Population
• Demographics
• Census
• Inhabitants

Homo sapiens from the Stone Ages who was discovered frozen in a glacier and is one of the oldest mummies in human history

• Otzi the Iceman
• King Tutankhamun
• Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
• Rosalia Lombardo

The closest extinct hominid to humans who lived across Europe and Central Asia, and believed to be the first hominid to bury their dead

• Homo habilis
• Homo erectus
• Neanderthals
• Australopithecus

Early relatives to modern day humans

• Neanderthals
• Dinosaurs
• Hominids

• Elephants

Movement from one location to another, in order to establish a new permanent settlement.

• Migration
• Vacation
• Commutation
• Relocation

Time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world

• Ice Age
• Global Warming
• Ozone Depletion
• Greenhouse Effect

A group of people living together in a community.

• Family
• Society
• Team
• Group

Australopithecus whose remains are over 3 million years old

• Rita

• Michelle

• Lucy

• Martha

The study of humans and their development

• Anthropology
• Biology
• Geography
• Psychology