chapter 2 section 2 early human migration people move out of africa (main idea ) what is migrate?...

Chapter 2 Section 2Early Human Migration

People Move out of Africa (main idea)

What is migrate?

Migrate means to move to a new place.

OlduvaiGorge

Early Human Migration

The Ice AgesWhat are the ice ages?

About 1.6 million years ago many places began to experience freezing weather. These freezing times are called ice ages.

How did they get there?• People moved out of

Africa as the Earth’s climates changed. (main idea)

What is a land bridge?

It is a strip of land connecting two continents.

Beringia: between China and North America

Indo-Australia: between Indonesia and Australia

Beringia

Indo-Australia

• When did early humans settle new lands?• Ancestors of modern humans began migrating 2 million years ago

Took hundreds of thousands of years• 100,000 y.a. began to migrate from East Africa to southern and

northern Africa and southeast Asia.• From there to Australia and Europe• Finally from northern Asia to north America and finally south

America. • By 9,000 B.C., humans lived on all continents of the world except

Antarctica

People Adapt to New Environments

Why did humans build shelters?

Because they migrated to colder climates.

Types of shelters?Caves, underground pit

houses, tents made of animal skins and bones, wooden, stone structures

Pithouse

cave

More Mesolithic Houses

Mesolithic Clothing

• How did people adapt to new environments? They made new clothing and new types of tools.

• How did they make clothing?

They sewed animal skins together to make clothing for protection.

What is the Mesolithic Era?

• Mesolithic means Middle Stone Age.• This period began more that 10,000 y.a. and lasted to about 5,000

y.a.• How was this new era different from the Paleolithic Era (Old Stone

Age)?• People adapted to new environments (colder climates)• Tools were smaller and more complex like fishing hooks and bows

and arrows.

Summary

• Early people adapted to new environments with new kinds of clothing, shelter, and tools.

They developed new technology to improve their lives, such as canoes, pottery. They even had pets!!!