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Australopithecus afarensis
the earliest humanlike creature that flourished in eastern and southern Africa 3 to 4 million years ago
Paleolithic Era
called the old stone age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were concerned with food supply; they used stone as well as bone tools; they wer...
Hominid
An early ancestor of humans
homo sapiens
modern humans
Neanderthals
In Europe, another human species lived and adapted to life in the cold climates of the last Ice Age.
Denisovans
A newly discovered group of archaic Homo sapiens from southern Siberia dated to between 30,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Great Rift Valley
area in africa where parts of the plateau's surface dropped and early human fossils are found
Mitochondrial Eve
The first female ancestor shared by all living humans, who was identified by analysis of mitochondrial DNA.
Nile River
The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around.
pharaoh
A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
Great Pyramids of Giza
Egypt, Old Kingdom (c. 2500 BCE)
barley, wheat, other crops
grown by the ancient Egyptians around the Nile
Ivory Coast
a historical reference to West Africa
Gold Coast
Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.
Niger River
the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times
Nok People
Were part of West Africa's earliest-known culture
