PEOPLING OF THE WORLD

PEOPLING OF THE WORLD WHEN WHERE WHO - mya Sub-Saharan Africa Australopithecus, early Homo, Homo erectus mya- , years ago Africa, Asia and Europe in Homo erectus, archaic mid-latitudes Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Homo sapiens sapiens /modern humans , years ago Australia Modern humans , years ago to Europe in high-latitudes Late Neanderthals, present and Asia-Pacific islands modern humans North and South America in deserts, rain forests ACTIVITY Plot the changes indicated in the chart above on an outline map of the world. Use different colours for the four time brackets. List the continents where you use (a) a single colour, (b) two colours, (c) more than two colours. F ROM T HE B EGINNING O F T IME T HEMES IN W ORLD H ISTORY