1. Early Human Migration

2. Answers 1. What happened during the Ice Age? About 1.6 million years ago, many places around the world began to experience long periods of freezing weather. Huge sheets of ice covered much of the earth. The Ice Ages ended about 10,000 years ago.

3. Answers 2. What is a land bridge? How did it help people of the Stone Age? A land bridge is a strip of land connecting two continents. Land bridges allowed Stone Age people to migrate around the world.

4. Answer 3. Where did the early hominids migrate from? Around how long ago did this happen? Early hominids migrated from Africa to Asia as early has 2 million years ago. E. Africa Europe Southwest Asia South Asia Australia East Asia North Asia N. America S. America

5. 4. According to the map, which continent did humans reach first? How about last?

6. Migration Pattern

7. Paleolithic Age Prehistory (before writing) Hominids (early ancestor of humans) “Lucy”- 3 million years ago, small, walked on two legs Homo sapiens (modern human) around 200,000 years Tools used to process food but later developed to dig and spear animals Hunter-gatherer societies- men hunted, women gathered and took care of children Development of language and religion

8. Mesolithic Age Huge sheets of ice cover the earth People migrate to new places using the land bridge Used caves as shelter (or built their own) Sewed animal skins to make clothing Smaller and more complex tools (hooks, fishing spears, used bone and stone) New technology like canoes (hollowed logs) Kept pets (Dogs for protection and to hunt)

9. Similiarities Hominids/humans are migrating (different reasons?) Humans learn to adapt to their environments