HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Megatherium, Woolly Mammoth, Homo Erectus
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1. 8 1 000 000 years ago, homo erectus was first migrant to indiana. 500 000 years ago, settlers move to to early europe. 40 000 years ago, they go to australia and new guinea. 20 000 years ago, they go to siberia (pivotal point for populating. Humans realized they needed to: survive in cold climate and have access to passage to north america & asia: beringia route connected asia to american population (humans and animals) 11 000 10 000 years ago clovis sites were found: they provide evidence that mexico and south america were populated very quickly. Longevity of existence: the natives lived in total isolation from the eastern hemisphere and vice versa. Complexity of societies (different languages, customs, beliefs, economies, politics) Salmonopia such amounts of salmon they could stay on coast indefinitely. Instead they hunted, fished, and cultivate some plants: these were complex places for people to live, but was populated for more than 10 000 years.
