Social Studies Fossils Flashcards
What is an archaeologist
A person that studies bones fossils and artifacts
What is an anthropologist
Person that studies cultures of people
What is an artifact
A human made object
What is culture
The way of life of a group of people that includes language customs and the way they do things
What are fossils
Remains of early life found in the ground
What is a hominid
Beings that walk on 2 feet like humans
What is an Australopithicines
Being that lived from 4.5 million BC to 1 million BC
What is a Homo habilis
Being that lived 2.5 million BC to 1.5 million BC
What does habilis mean
Man of skill
What is a Homo erectus
Being that lived from 1.6 million BC to 250,000 BC
What I s a Homo sapien
A being that Lived from 400,000 BC to present time
What is the origin mean
The beginning
What did Donald Johnson find
Lucy
What did Louis and Mary Leaky find
Footprints of an Australopithicines
What did Richard leaky find
Complete Skelton of Homo erectus