1 / 12

Moving out of Africa The Stone Age

Delve into the theory of human migration out of Africa around 60,000 BCE, exploring how early humans settled in various parts of the world, including Australia. Uncover the Stone Age history of nomadic hunter-gatherer communities, their tools, and the fascinating journey to Ancient Australia through ancient trade routes.

roccor
Download Presentation

Moving out of Africa The Stone Age

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Moving out of AfricaThe Stone Age Year 7 SOSE – History 13 September 2013

  2. Goal • To understand the theory that people moved out of Africa around 60 000 BCE and settled in other parts of the world, including Australia Knowledge Effort

  3. APK: Think-Pair-Share • Approximately how long have human beings lived on Earth? • The earliest humans (homo sapiens) appeared in Africa about 200 000 years ago • How old is the Earth? • The Earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old

  4. If the Earth was 24 hours old

  5. Moving out of Africa

  6. Human pre-history: Out of (Eastern) Africa

  7. The Stone Age World • People lived as hunter-gatherers • Hunting animals and gathering food in the wild • They were nomadic • Following animals around • Small communities • Less than 50 people living together • Very few primary sources! • Technology (weapons, tools made of stone & bone), human bones and paintings on cave walls

  8. An amazing journey

  9. Ancient Australia • Hunter-gatherers • No native Australian crops suitable for farming • No native Australian animals suitable for herding • Traders • Extensive trading routes crisscrossed Australia

  10. Fill in the gaps • An amazing journey • In pairs of two, read the handout together and fill in the gaps

  11. Goal • Write a paragraph on what you have discovered about migration. Why do you think people moved out of Africa? Knowledge Effort

More Related