Early Human Migration
The Ice Age
Settling New Lands
Clothing and Shelter
New Tools and Technologies
other people invented bow and arrows
people who lived near the water invented hooks and fishing spears
a land bridge is a strip of land connecting two continents
Scientists believe about 1.6 million years ago, many places around the world began to experience long periods of freezing times.
Migration around the world took hundreds of thousands of years
Early hominids migrated from Africa to Asia as early of 2 million years ago.
Early humans learned how to make animal skins to wear to keep warm.
Fire helped keep people warm in early ages when they didn't have much warmth
this period began more than 10,000 years ago and lasted 5,000 years in the some places
Mesolithic Era- Middle Stone Age
The ice ages ended about 10,000 years ago
Stone bridges allowed people to migrate around the world
Freezing times were called ice ages
Scientists think during the ice ages, ocean level dropped and exposed a land bridge
Many areas that are now underwater were dry land then, narrow bodies of water now separates Asia and North America
Sheets of ice were formed from ocean water, leaving ocean levels lower then they are now
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ice ages
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Mesolithic Era
Some took shelters in caves
then humans began to migrate around the world and hominids died out
from northern Asia people started to migrate into North America.
It is undetermined how people got to North America
Most scientists think early ancestors crossed a land bridge to get from Asia to North America
by 9000 BC people lived in all parts of the world except Antarctica.
When they moved to new areas they built their own shelter
an early human-made shelter was called pit house
some people lived in tents made out of animal skins
Some learned to make canoes with hallowed out logs, they used them to travel across lakes and rivers
Tools in this age were smaller and more complex than other tools from the Old Stone Age
Asia
People then moved east across southern Asia
Scientists are not sure how the first people reached Australia
Humans began to migrate from E. Africa to Southern Africa and southwestern Asia around 100,000 years ago
people built homes above ground
people adapted to new environments with new types of tools
dogs began to appear and people kept them for hunting and protection
clothes and shelter allowed people to adapt to new environments
North Into the Americas
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North Into Europe
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