Chapter 2-1

Early Human Migration

Bell WorkInstructions: Read The Iceman on page 35 and answer the question below. Why is the The Iceman important? Why do you think the Iceman was in

the Alps?

The Iceman may have

been hungry when he died.

Scientists determined

from studying a portion of

the Iceman’s intestine that

he had not eaten within

eight hours of his death.

Quick Fact

Rewind from the Past1. Who found the bones of Lucy?2. Why do we need historians and

archaeologists to study prehistory?3. What type of society did the Paleolithic

People create?4. What is the most important development

of early Stone Age Culture?5. List the tools that go with the following

(in order): Australopithecus, homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapien.

Early Human MigrationThe Big Idea

As people migrated around the world, they learned to adapt to new environments

Main Ideas People moved out of Africa as the earth’s climates

changed.

Part IAnswer in complete Sentences1. Why did people begin moving all

around the world?2. Completely explain the Ice Ages and

how long ago this occurred.3. What is the theory in how people

migrated from Asia to North America?4. According to the map on page 37, what

continent did humans reach last?

People moved out of Africa as the earth’s climates changed.

Ice ages caused people to migrate, or move, to new places.

Early people migrated around the world. Complete global migration took hundreds of thousands of years.

The Ice Ages About 1.6 million years ago, many places around the

world began to experience long periods of freezing weather, called the ice ages.

The ice ages ended about 10,000 years ago. Huge sheets of ice covered much of the earth’s land. Many areas that are now underwater were then dry

land. A land bridge, or strip of land connecting two continents, probably connected Asia and North America.

Settling New Lands Early hominids migrated from Africa to Asia

about 2 million years ago. They eventually spread to India, China,

Southeast Asia, and Europe. Humans began to migrate to South Asia around

100,000 years ago. From South Asia, they moved to Europe, North

Asia, and then North America. By 9000 BC, humans lived on all continents

except Antarctica.

Early Human Migration The Big Idea

As people migrated around the world, they learned to adapt to new environments

Main Idea People adapted to new environments by making clothing

and new types of tools.

Part IIAnswer in Complete

Sentences5. As humans began migrated they encountered places much colder, list 3 ways people adapted to their environment?

6. What type of shelters did early people use?7. Explain how we go from the Paleolithic Era to the

Mesolithic Era?8. What type of tools did the Middle Stone Age people

use?9. How did new techniques/inventions change the lives

of Middle Stone Age people?10. Early people used whatever was available to make

shelter, what did people in Central Asia us to create their homes?

People adapted to new environments by making

clothing and new types of tools. Early people had to adapt to new environments.

They learned how to sew animal skins together for clothing.

They found new shelters, such as pit houses and caves. Then, created structures made out of animal skins, wood, stone, and bones.

They had to create new tools and technologies. New tools defined the Mesolithic Era (Middle Stone

Age). Invented hooks, fishing spears, and the bow and arrow New technologies such as canoes and pottery

Info to KnowSome archaeologists propose another

origin from the first Americans----Europe. This theory says that early Europeans braved the North Atlantic in boats that

may have been like those made by modern Arctic Inuit peoples. Similar spear points have been found in Europe and the Americas, which led some archaeologists

to develop the new theory.

Early Americas Video

Enrichment Read Primary Source on page 38 Answer the following question: Why

might a scientist change his or her mind about a long-held belief?