Prehistory 2023

How old is the oldest cave painting currently known to archaeologists?

With which material would neolithic peoples create pottery?

True or False: You can communicate without using words.

Which of the following was a material neolithic peoples would have used to start a fire?

True or False: Hand gestures maintain the same meaning all around the world.

Which of the following best describes the continent of origin for modern anatomical humans?

Which of the following materials were used in the creation of cave drawings?

Which of the following is defined as "training an animal over generations to be useful to humans?"

What is defined as "copying another organism's communicative behavior?"

What is defined as "the ability to work metals?"

Which of the following describes an "agricultural society"?

What does the word "neolithic" mean?

What was the name for a competing humanoid species that ultimately died off around 40,000 B.C.E.?

What does Prima Lingua mean in Latin?

What is "Linguistics"?

What is the scientific name of the modern anatomical human?

What is defined as "a variation of an element that has differing amounts of neutrons and protons"?

How can scientists accurately date ancient artifacts like the cave paintings?

Where in the world would one find the first writing system ever to be developed by humans?

True or False: Disease was a major contributor to the downfall of the neanderthals?

What were "hunter/gatherer societies"?

What language are scientific names, generally?

What is known as "the rules of a language"?

Is the year 2450 B.C.E. before or after the year 1754 B.C.E.?

If an isotope has a half life of 5 years, and 15 years have passed, how much of the original substance remains?