Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Human Migration
- Homo Sapiens
- Were smarter than the
Neanderthals
- Originates in Africa in about 150, 000 BC, during
the Palaeolithic period/ Stone age.
- Hunter
Gatherers
- Also known as mordern
humans
- Taller than Neanderthals
- Homo Neanderthals
- Became extinct because they could not compete with the
Homo sapiens
- Were named after the Neander
Valley in Germany where their fossils
were first discovered in 1856
- Were already living in Europe and parts of Asia since
350,000 BC
- Were physically distinct from
Homo Sapiens
- Hunter Gatherers
- Early human lifestyle
- Lived in relatively small groups of about 10-30
people.
- Our ancestors were all hunter
gatherers until 10,000 BC
- Men would hunt for small and large game.
- Women and children would hunt for fruits and
berries.
- A hunter gatherer lifestyle requires an extensive geographical area and, once the
food supply in the area exhausted, forces the group to move to another area
- Migration
- Homo sapiens had traveled the world except Antarctica.
- Humans had settled Australia and Central Asia in
50,000 Bc
- Homo sapiens began migration in
100, 000 BC
- Humans had moved into Central and Western
Europe in 45,000 BC
- Migration stopped in 10,000 BC because of a
volcanic eruption in Somatra
- The only area untouched by humans was
Antarctica