History 8 Human Origins Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
1. 2. fossils
3. bipeds/bipedalism
4. foramen magnum
5. cranium
6. savanna
The savanna is grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. Savannas are found in warm to hot climates where the average rainfall is about 30-40 inches per year. They cover almost half the surface of Africa, as well as large portions of Australia, South America, and India. The soil of the savanna is porous, with rapid drainage of water. It has a thin layer of organic soil, called humus, which provides vegetation and nutrients. Savannas both have wet and dry seasons. The beginning of the dry season is indicated in October through series of violent thunderstorms and drying winds. Fires are prevalent throughout this season. In, March thunder storms drive again, this time signifying the start of the rainy season. [1] The savanna is the home to many different animals, including the African elephant, cheetah, gazelle, giraffe, and hippopotamus. [2] The savanna is an important biome for certain animals and the ecosystem.
Savanna in the Samburu Game Preserve, Kenya.
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By Jeffrey Wang
7. hominid
8. Oldowan Tools
9. herbivores
10. marrow
11. sweating
12. panting
13. browridge
14. Acheulean tools
15. bifacial
16. interglacials
17. Sunda
18. Beringia
19. loess
20. mammoths
21. prepared core
22. permafrost
23. burial
24. grave goods
25. archaic
26. frontal lobe
27. Shamanism
28. micro-flints
29. brunishers
30. burins
31. blade and burin
32. annealing
33. composite tools
34. hafting
35. migrational
36. nomadic
37. atlatl
38. egalitarian
39. knapper
40. microlith
41. diffusionist
42. ochre
43.dentalium
44. middens
45. horticulture
