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The Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
Documentary: PBS: Journey of Man - The Story of the Human Species, Part 1 (Watch up to 57:10 min. point)
- According to geneticists there are no separate "races" of people, all human beings originated in Africa from one man and woman. True or False?
- A. When did human beings first began to migrate out of Africa"? B. What was the reason(s) for this first major migration?
- According to geneticists, the San Bushmen of Africa have some of the oldest DNA on the planet. It was noted that looking at them was like "looking at a composite model of every face from around the world, the eye shape of east Asians, the high cheek bones of Mongolians, and the mid-brown skin color that can turn darker or lighter." A. Is this true in your opinion? B. How does the skin color and physical appearance of the San Bushman contrast to what you have been taught to think indigenous Africans look?
- What is it that allows geneticists to trace human descent?
- What is the unique element found in San Bushman language?
- What were some of the technological and mental advances made by Africans 50,000 years ago still being displayed by the San Bushman?
- Where was the first place Africans migrated to 50,000 years ago?
- What was the path Africans took to reach Australia?
- A. What percent(%) of the people who migrated out of Africa went the southern route to India and Southeast Asia? B. What percent(%) went the northern route out of Africa to become the people of Asia, Europe and North and South America?
- A. Where did the first wave of Africans who took the Northern migration route end up first? B. Where was the second wave of their migration after the Middle East?
- While people were populating Asia (the Middle East, India and China), where were the Europeans?
STUDY QUESTIONS (also in Study Guide)
Unit 1: Ancient Africa (200,000 B.C.E – 476 A.C.E.)
Class 1: Out of Africa – The Origins of Humanity Part 1
Two Ethiopian fossils have been crowned as the oldest known members of our species...
