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Counting Down from the Ancient Past - Prehistoric Migration of Humans
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The numbers on this map show the dates
of some important archaeological sites
(counting
(in thousands
downoffrom
yearsancient
before9the
to recent
present).
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Fossils
leastmany
90,000
years ago
Fossils and
and bones
bones that
that look
look like
like modern
modern humans
humans first
first appeared
appeared in
in the
the highlands
highlands of
of East
East Africa
Africa. atAfter
thousands
of(maybe
years,
asthe
many
as
130,000).
After
many
thousands
of
years,
the
climate
changed,
and
people
began
to
move
to
other
parts
of
the world.
climate changed, and people began to move to other parts of the world.
We do
do not
not know
know exactly
exactly where
where they
they traveled
traveled.-We
We
we know
know only
only where
where and
and when
when they
they left
left bones
bones and
and tools
tools for
for us
us to
to find.
find. Those places
and dates,
can help
make
map ofnumber)
possiblewith
migration
routes.
Draw
arrows
that
connect
old date
at draw
least
Draw
arrowshowever,
that connect
eachus
old
datea (large
at least
one date
that
is more
recent.
Foreach
example,
you with
should
one
more from
recent
date
arrow
goes
north You
n East
Africa
Nile Valley
to the Here
110 inare
Egypt).
an arrow
the
9 in(like
eastthe
Africa
tothat
the 8
in Egypt.
should
usedown
logicthe
to draw
your arrows.
four “rules of thumb:”
1. People
probably
did not cross
oceans
or large
lakes until
goodarrows.
boats -Here
that are
was three
about “rules
2 on this
scale.
Since
we do not
know exactly
whereany
they
traveled,
you should
use they
logic invented
to draw your
of thumb:”
Peopleprobably
probablydid
didnot
notcross
go over
mountains
largeuntil
deserts
they good
had pack
animals.
1.2.People
anyhigh
oceans
or largeorlakes
theyuntil
invented
boats.
3. People
People probably
sometimes
groups
went different
directions.
From
at the
east end of the Mediterranean Sea,
2.
didsplit
not into
go over
highthat
mountains
or large deserts
until
theythe
had7 pack
animals.
one group
westdid
west
Europe
another
wentsplit
eastinto
toward
India
and China.
3. People
probably
nottoward
backtrack
- it while
is more
likely group
that they
smaller
groups
that went different directions.
4. People
sometimes
faster
atan
other
times.
example,
they moved
very fast
along
thedates
coastinof
South
Asia
For this
reason, moved
you should
notthan
draw
arrow
backFor
across
the desert
from Egypt
to the
later
West
Africa,
from
modern
around
modern
India.
Draw a arrow
single going
arrowwest
that from
goes the
through
those
6s one south to the 95).
because
it is Arabia
probably
better
to draw
a separate
130 all
(and
a third
Use these rules to draw arrows all
overother
the map,
starting
with
three
groups
going
different
from
9 Israel.
in East Africa.
to the
dates,
starting
with
a short
arrow
from
the 110directions
in Egypt to
the the
90 in