Early Human Migration

Early Human Migration

I) Nomadic Lives

- Early humans lived nomadic lives, which means they migrated from place to place in search of food.

- Humans hunted and gathered. - Farming was not discovered yet and

humans did not live in towns or villages.

II) Early Human Migration

- Historians widely believe that the human species began in Africa.

- As humans hunted and gathered they spread to other parts of the world.

- The theory that humans began in Africa and migrated to other areas of the world is known as the Out of Africa Theory.

III) Emigrate vs Immigrate

- Early humans migrated for various reasons. - Some migrated in search of food, escape bad

climate, or conflict with other groups. - Emigrate means to leave an area or country for

one reason or another.

- War, famine, disease, climate etc.

- Immigrate means to settle into a new area or country.

- Finding a new job, land, opportunity, better climate, peace, etc.

IV) Bering Land Bridge Theory

- The Bering Land Bridge Theory states that early humans arrived in North America from Asia.

- This theory states that early humans crossed over an exposed piece of land that connected Asia to Alaska during the Ice Age.

- Humans were hunting the mammoth and followed the herds from Asia to North America.

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