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Britain

Britain  

The largest of the British Isles, including what is now called England, Wales, and Scotland. Until Roman times the island's inhabitants were dominantly Brythonic Celts, ancestors of the modern Welsh ...
Bronze Age

Bronze Age  

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The prehistoric period during which bronze was the principal material used for tools and weapons. The transition from the Copper Age is difficult to fix, as is that to the Iron Age which followed. It ...
climate

climate  

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The characteristic pattern of weather elements in an area over a period. The weather elements include temperature, rainfall, humidity, solar insolation, wind, etc. The climate of a large area is ...
early humans

early humans  

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Members of the family Hominidae, including our own species Homo sapiens, our presumed forebears Homo erectus and Homo habilis, and forms believed to be closely related called collectively the ...
eolithic

eolithic  

Of, relating to, or denoting a period at the beginning of the Stone Age, preceding the Palaeolithic and characterized by the earliest crude stone tools.The term is recorded from the late 19th ...
flint

flint  

Variety of chert, which occurs commonly as nodules and bands in chalk. It is deposited in the porous, permeable structures of sponge, diatom, and echinoid skeletons and also in burrows.
Iron Age

Iron Age  

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The prehistoric period of human culture which began in Europe around 1000 bc (after the Bronze Age), during which iron was the main material used for making tools and weapons.
Mesolithic

Mesolithic  

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[CP]Literally the middle Stone Age, the period between the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic, often characterized by a microlithic flint industry. The transition from hunting, fishing, and fruit ...
mineral

mineral  

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A solid, naturally occurring, inorganic substance (such as copper) with a definite chemical composition, a specific internal crystal structure, and characteristic physical properties. See also common ...
Neolithic

Neolithic  

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The later part of the Stone Age, characterized by the Neolithic peoples' use of polished stone axes and simple pottery. The discovery of farming and the domestication of animals brought an end to the ...
Palaeolithic

Palaeolithic  

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The Old Stone Age, lasting in Europe from about 2.5 million to 9000 years ago, during which humans used primitive stone tools made by chipping stones and flints.
prehistoric

prehistoric  

Dating back to before written historical records begin. In Europe this includes the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. In North America prehistory is usually taken to refer any time before ...
prehistory

prehistory  

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The history of the time before written records were kept. The only source of evidence concerning early societies is archaeological. It thus covers an immense period that begins with the study of ...
Tasaday

Tasaday  

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Small group of isolated aboriginal people of the rainforests of s Mindanao in the Philippines. They are food-gathering cave dwellers with a Stone Age culture.

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