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Human Prehistory Quiz

Based on the hints, complete these facts about human prehistory.
This quiz mainly covers Old World prehistory, so some terms and concepts may not be applicable to New World prehistory
BCE = Before Common Era, CE = Common Era
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Last updated: December 4, 2022
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Three main subdivisions of the Stone Age
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
This early human species, the 'upright man', existed for more than 2 million years
Homo erectus
Human species, named after a valley in Germany, that was dominant in Eurasia until around 40,000 years ago
Neanderthals
Human species that evolved in Africa around 200,000 years ago
Homo sapiens
The most recent man and woman from whom all living humans are directly descended are sometimes given these nicknames
Y-chromosomal Adam
Mitochondrial Eve
Period of global cooling that ended approximately 11,500 years ago
Last Glacial Period
This animal was the first to be domesticated, at least 15,000 years ago
Dog
After horses and bison, this large mammal is the third-most frequently depicted animal in prehistoric art
Woolly mammoth
This stone figurine depicting a woman is one of the earliest surviving prehistoric artworks
Venus of Willendorf
Çatalhöyük, a ruined Stone Age settlement in this present-day country, has been described as the world's first city
Turkey
Agriculture is thought to have first emerged in this region of the Middle East
Fertile Crescent
c. 8000 BCE, these two crops were domesticated in Mesopotamia and used to make beer, gruel, and bread
Barley
Wheat
Humans are thought to have reached the Americas by crossing a land bridge over this passage between present-day Russia and Alaska
Bering Strait
First metal of which there is evidence of smelting
Copper
Eventually, tin was added to the above to create this much harder alloy
Bronze
c. 3300 BCE, a man (later nicknamed Ötzi) died in this mountain range and was not discovered until 1991 CE
Alps
Construction on this stone circle in Great Britain was begun c. 3000 BCE
Stonehenge
An early form of writing known as cuneiform appeared in this Mesopotamian society, marking the beginning of recorded history
Sumer
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Level 62
Jul 30, 2021
Would love to have a time machine and go back and see what it was like back then.
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Level 76
Jul 1, 2022
sometimes i sit and wonder

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

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Level 78
Jul 30, 2021
Maybe accept "nomadic" for the type of society people lived in?
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Level 79
Jul 31, 2021
Yeah, I think that's fair. The wording of the question is a little vague. Edited accordingly!
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Level 76
Jul 1, 2022
can you allow 'wolf' for dog? after all it's the wolves that were domesticated, and dogs were the result