Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
anthropological origins of humans
Elaboration
- Sample topics:
- early origins of humans in Africa and the migration of early humans out of Africa to the rest of the world
- interactions between early humans and Neanderthals
- technological developments of early humans and the increasingly sophisticated use of stone tools and early metalworking
- the shift of early humans from a nomadic hunter-gatherer way of life to more settled agricultural communities
- Key question:
- What advantages did agriculture have over the hunter-gather way of life?
keywords
anthropological origins of humans