Human migration

  • 200,000 BCE

    Australopithecus

    4million years ago. This was in centeral Africa, present day Ethiopia. Humans were 1 meter tall and lived in the trees. These were the first human-like creatures. Start of our evolutionary chain.
  • 200,000 BCE

    Homo Habilis

    This was 2.5 million years ago. This was were humans started to use tools.
  • 200,000 BCE

    Homo Erectus

    This was 1.8 million years ago. This was when we started to move out of Africa.
  • 200,000 BCE

    Homo Sapiens

    These were nethanderals and homo Spaniens.
  • 200,000 BCE

    Humans controlling fire

    This was when we started to use fire and understand on how to use it.
  • 200,000 BCE

    Ice age

    This was from 2.5 million years ago to about 11,000 years ago. This forced humans from going to far north.
  • 200,000 BCE

    The creation of the spear

    The creation of the spear helped people hunt animals and was a good weapon against other humans.
  • Period: 200,000 BCE to 5000 BCE

    Human migration

  • 75,000 BCE

    Mount Toba catastrophe

    This was a volcano that went off that covered the world in ash. This killed off animals and plants. The forced humans to migrate in search of food.
  • 35,000 BCE

    The needle

    This was where humans began to use needles to make clothes, bags, and other things made out of leather
  • 20,000 BCE

    The Asian/North American land bridge

    This is a land bridge that humans used to get to North America during the ice age.
  • 2000 BCE

    Agricultural Revelution

    This was when humans began to settle down and grow crops instead of hunting and gathering. Humans mainly grew what was nearby and was a lot more work than hunting and gathering.