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Lecture Notes: The Importance of Studying
History and Early Human Migration
Introduction: The Value of Studying History
• Purpose of History
• Understanding the past to move forward.
• Not about venerating the old but examining the origins of debates and
structures today.
• Develops life skills such as thinking historically, identifying cause and
effect, precedent, and avoiding past mistakes.
• History is dynamic and evolves with new evidence.
Human Migration
• Origin of Humans
• Humans first lived in Africa.
• Migrated to Europe and Asia, eventually reaching North and South
America.
• The Ice Age
• Last Ice Age trapped water in glaciers, lowering sea levels.
• Created the Bering Land Bridge between present-day Alaska and
Russia.
• Allowed migration of humans and animals to North America.
• Arrival in the Americas
• Initially believed to occur 13,000 years ago; new evidence suggests as
early as 33,000 years ago.
• Supported by genetic and archaeological discoveries.
Subsistence of Early Humans
• Pre-Agricultural Society
• Sustained by hunting and gathering.
• Utilized stone tools for hunting. Arrow heads
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• Travelled along the Pacific coast, subsisting on marine life.
• Adaptation and Migration
• Migration through Alaska and British Columbia to Washington and
Lecture Notes: The Importance of Studying
History and Early Human Migration
Introduction: The Value of Studying History
• Purpose of History
• Understanding the past to move forward.
• Not about venerating the old but examining the origins of debates and
structures today.
• Develops life skills such as thinking historically, identifying cause and
effect, precedent, and avoiding past mistakes.
• History is dynamic and evolves with new evidence.
Human Migration
• Origin of Humans
• Humans first lived in Africa.
• Migrated to Europe and Asia, eventually reaching North and South
America.
• The Ice Age
• Last Ice Age trapped water in glaciers, lowering sea levels.
• Created the Bering Land Bridge between present-day Alaska and
Russia.
• Allowed migration of humans and animals to North America.
• Arrival in the Americas
• Initially believed to occur 13,000 years ago; new evidence suggests as
early as 33,000 years ago.
• Supported by genetic and archaeological discoveries.
Subsistence of Early Humans
• Pre-Agricultural Society
• Sustained by hunting and gathering.
• Utilized stone tools for hunting. Arrow heads
-
• Travelled along the Pacific coast, subsisting on marine life.
• Adaptation and Migration
• Migration through Alaska and British Columbia to Washington and
