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Featured Article: Stonehenge

Stonehenge, STOHN hehnj, is an ancient monument on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, a county in southwestern England. See more »

Australopithecus

Australopithecus, aw stray loh PIHTH uh kuhs or aw struh loh PIHTH uh kuhs, is a group of species of early humanlike creatures.

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Bronze Age

Bronze Age was the period when people used bronze for tools and weapons.

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Cave dwellers

Cave dwellers are people who live in caves or in the shelter provided by overhanging rocks.

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Cro-Magnons

Cro-Magnons, kroh MAG nahnz, were prehistoric human beings who lived in Europe, Asia, and North Africa from about 35,000 to 10,000 years ago.

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Heidelberg jaw

Heidelberg, HYD uhl burg, jaw is a fossil bone from a prehistoric human being who probably lived between 300,000 and 400,000 years ago.

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Homo habilis

Homo habilis, HOH moh HAB uh luhs, was an early form of human being.

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Iceman

Iceman is the term used to describe the frozen, preserved body of a man found in the Italian Alps in 1991.

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Iron Age

Iron Age is the period of history that began between 1500 and 1000 B.C.

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Java fossils

Java, JAH vuh, fossils are the remains of a type of prehistoric human being that lived from about 1,800,000 to 300,000 years ago.

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Kennewick Man

Kennewick Man is the name given to an ancient, nearly complete skeleton that was found in North America.

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Megalithic monuments

Megalithic, mehg uh LIHTH ihk, monuments are structures built of large stones by prehistoric people for burial or religious purposes.

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Neandertals

Neandertals, nee AN duhr tahlz, were prehistoric human beings who lived in Europe and Asia from about 150,000 to 35,000 years ago.

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Peking fossils

Peking fossils, pee KIHNG, are the remains of a type of prehistoric human being who lived between about 600,000 and 400,000 years ago in what is now northern China.

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Pilgrims' Way

Pilgrims' Way is an old path in southern England that runs from Winchester, in Hampshire, to Canterbury, in Kent.

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Piltdown hoax

Piltdown hoax was a great deception in the study of prehistoric people.

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Prehistoric people

Prehistoric people are human beings who lived before writing was invented about 5,500 years ago.

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Ramapithecus

Ramapithecus, RAH muh PIHTH ih kuhs or RAH muh puh THEE kuhs, was a kind of ape that lived from about 14 million to 8 million years ago.

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Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones are about 60 stone pillars forming a circle about 98 feet (30 meters) in diameter.

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Stone Age

Stone Age is a term used to designate the period in all human cultures when people used stone, rather than metal, tools.

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