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Answer
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Three main subdivisions of the Stone Age
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Paleolithic
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Mesolithic
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Neolithic
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This early human species, the 'upright man', existed for more than 2 million years
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Homo erectus
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Human species, named after a valley in Germany, that was dominant in Eurasia until around 40,000 years ago
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Neanderthals
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Human species that evolved in Africa around 200,000 years ago
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Homo sapiens
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The most recent man and woman from whom all living humans are directly descended are sometimes given these nicknames
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Y-chromosomal Adam
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Mitochondrial Eve
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Period of global cooling that ended approximately 11,500 years ago
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Last Glacial Period
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This animal was the first to be domesticated, at least 15,000 years ago
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Dog
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After horses and bison, this large mammal is the third-most frequently depicted animal in prehistoric art
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Woolly mammoth
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This stone figurine depicting a woman is one of the earliest surviving prehistoric artworks
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Venus of Willendorf
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Çatalhöyük, a ruined Stone Age settlement in this present-day country, has been described as the world's first city
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Turkey
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Agriculture is thought to have first emerged in this region of the Middle East
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Fertile Crescent
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c. 8000 BCE, these two crops were domesticated in Mesopotamia and used to make beer, gruel, and bread
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Barley
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Wheat
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Humans are thought to have reached the Americas by crossing a land bridge over this passage between present-day Russia and Alaska
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Bering Strait
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First metal of which there is evidence of smelting
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Copper
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Eventually, tin was added to the above to create this much harder alloy
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Bronze
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c. 3300 BCE, a man (later nicknamed Ötzi) died in this mountain range and was not discovered until 1991 CE
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Alps
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Construction on this stone circle in Great Britain was begun c. 3000 BCE
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Stonehenge
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An early form of writing known as cuneiform appeared in this Mesopotamian society, marking the beginning of recorded history
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Sumer
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about stuff i don't know
like what the heck the earth was like
a million years ago
did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?
were deserts filled with snow?
i wonder what the world was like
a million years ago
i wish they built a time machine
and they picked me to go
to find out what the scene was like
a million years ago
did giant spiders rule the earth?
did flowers even grow?
i wonder what the story was
a million years ago