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Unit: Stone Ages Topic: Early Human Migration EQ: How did human migration patterns influence environmental adaptations? Olduvai Gorge

The Ice Age - About 1.6 million years ago places began to experience periods of freezing weather transformed Earth’s geography - the freezing periods are called Ice Ages - ended about 10,000 years ago

The Ice Age Sheets of ice covered most of the earth’s land Ocean levels dropped created a Land Bridge: a strip of land connecting two continents allowed Stone Age people to migrate around the world. Beringia Indo-Australia

Human Migration Patterns Migration: The act of moving from one place to another with the intent to live. Began approximately 2 million years ago 100,000 years ago = from East Africa to southern and northern Africa and southeast Asia. 9,000 B.C.E., humans lived on all continents of the world except Antarctica

Early Human Migration

Push vs. Pull Factors Pull factors: Positive reasons for wanting to move to a place. more food and water better climate higher wages freedom Push factors: Negative reasons for wanting to leave a place lack of food or water natural disasters lack of jobs wars

Early Humans Adapt to New Environments Why did humans build shelters? Migrated to colder climates. Needed protection When caves were unavailable they began building homes using natural resources

Early Human 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.

Mesolithic Tools & Technology Occurred 10,000-5,000 Y.A. Fishing Hooks Fishing Spears Bow & Arrow Pottery Learned to make canoes travel on rivers and lakes Domestication of K9’s