Social Studies- Early Hominids

Flashcards to use for studying for Chapter Two: Early Hominids

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Hominid
A preistoric human
Australopithecus Afarensis(Lucy)
A hominid that lived between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago.
Anthropologist
People who study hominids
Biped
An animal that walks on two feet
Homo habilis
An hominid that lived between 1.44 and 2.33 million years ago
Homo erectus
A hominid that lived about 1.8 million years ago(Upright man)
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
A hominid that lived between 200,000 to 28,000 years ago
Migrate
To move from one place to another
Homo sapiens sapiens
The only living species of the genus homo
Land bridge
A connecting tract of land between two continents, enabling animals to pass from one continent to the other