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A Brief Analysis of Africa

A Brief Analysis of Africa. By: Tina Cunha. 7/22/03. Early History Timeline. 5-3 Million BC - - First hominids walk East and Southern Africa, known as Australopithecines or "Ape-Men"

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A Brief Analysis of Africa

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  1. A Brief Analysis of Africa By: Tina Cunha 7/22/03

  2. Early History Timeline 5-3 Million BC--First hominids walk East and Southern Africa, known as Australopithecines or "Ape-Men" 3-1.5 Million BC- -Early Stone Age Emergence of Homo habilis "the toolmaker", using flaked stone scrapers. 1.75-1 Million BC- -Evolution of Homo erectus used of hand axes and shaped stone scrapers 1 million-40,000 BC- -Middle Stone Age Evolution of early form of Homo sapiens - modern man. Shaped stone points used for spearheads. 40,000-10,000 BC- -Later Stone Age Rise of Homo sapiens. Development of bow and arrow Evidence of rock paintings. Hunter gathering lifestyle. 9,000-3,000 BC- -Last major wet period in Africa.The Sahara is habitable with savannah, grassland and rivers.Baked clay pottery found in African stoneage communities.Beginnings of agriculture and domestication of animals 500 BC- -Evidence of iron smelting in Nigeria and central Niger. Spreads to rest of West Africa by 1000 AD 200-500 AD- -Movement of Bantu peoples to east and southern Africa, "The Bantu Migrations." 1925- -Discovery of Australopithecus near Taung, South Africa. 1960's- -Homo habilis skulls found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and Lake Turkana, Kenya 1974- -Semi-complete skeleton of "Lucy" found in Omo Valley, Ethiopia 1975- -Thirteen Australopithecus remains found in Hadar, Ethiopia.- Homo Erectus skull found Lake Turkana 1976- -Australopithecus footprints found in Laetoli, Tanzania. 1997- -Discovery of Australopithecus in Sterkfontein, South Africa

  3. AFRICA 30,065,000 53

  4. Population 778,000,000 60,000,000 1,000 *

  5. Geography • 1- Mt. Kilimanjaro • 19,341ft (5,895m) • 2- Nile River • 4,160 ft (N) • 3- Lake Assal,Djibouti • 512 ft • 4- Sahara Desert • 5- Sahel • 6- Congo River Basin • 7- Great Rift Valley • 8- Mali • 9- Sinai Peninsula 2 9 4 8 5 3 7 6 1

  6. Languages of Africa Living Languages -2,058 50 African languages have more than half a million speakers each, but many others are spoken by relatively few people.

  7. Bibliography www.infoplease.com www.unaids.org . (United Nations AIDS) http://www.princetonol.com http://www.ethnologue.com http://www.irinnews.org http://www.bbc.co.uk http://www.connect.ab.ca

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