| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| This early human species, the 'upright man', existed for more than 2 million years | Homo {erectus} | 91%
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| This animal was the first to be domesticated, at least 15,000 years ago | Dog | 90%
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| Period of global cooling that ended approximately 11,500 years ago | Last Glacial Period | 89%
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| Three main subdivisions of the Stone Age | {Paleo}lithic | 86%
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| Wheat | 85%
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| Construction on this stone circle in Great Britain was begun c. 3000 BC | Stonehenge | 84%
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| {Neo}lithic | 83%
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| Human species that evolved in Africa around 200,000 years ago | Homo {sapiens} | 82%
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| Human species, named after a valley in Germany, that was dominant in Eurasia until around 40,000 years ago | Neanderthals | 81%
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| Eventually, tin was added to the above to create this much harder alloy | Bronze | 80%
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| First metal of which there is evidence of smelting | Copper | 75%
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| Humans are thought to have reached the Americas by crossing a land bridge over this passage between present-day Russia and Alaska | Bering Strait | 74%
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| Agriculture is thought to have first emerged in this region of the Middle East | {Fertile} Crescent | 72%
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| After horses and bison, this large mammal is the third-most frequently depicted animal in prehistoric art | Woolly mammoth | 71%
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| c. 3300 BC, a man (later nicknamed Ötzi) died in this mountain range and was not discovered until 1991 AD | Alps | 67%
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| Çatalhöyük, a ruined Stone Age settlement in this present-day country, has been described as the world's first city | Turkey | 65%
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| c. 8000 BC, these two crops were domesticated in Mesopotamia and used to make beer, gruel, and bread | Barley | 61%
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| Mitochondrial {Eve} | 53%
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| The most recent man and woman from whom all living humans are directly descended are sometimes given these nicknames | Y-chromosomal {Adam} | 51%
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| {Meso}lithic | 45%
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| An early form of writing known as cuneiform appeared in this Mesopotamian society, marking the beginning of recorded history | Sumer | 39%
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| This stone figurine depicting a woman is one of the earliest surviving prehistoric artworks | {Venus} of Willendorf | 34%
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