Human Origins and Migration

Hello over the next few days you will explore Early Human Origins and Migration.

During your visit you will be asked several questions from the various websites. You must answer these questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.  This will be turned in once completed.

Good Luck and have fun.....

Quest 1 - Visit the link and answer the questions about the family tree of our ancestors.

• http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-family-tree

Directions:  Write down the time when each group lived and what made them special (read the pop-up text when you roll over each group).

1. Homo
2. Paranthropus
3. Australopithecus
4. Ardipithecus

Quest 2 - Visit the link below and explore the Rift Valley.

• http://humanorigins.si.edu/research/east-african-research-projects/adventures-rift-valley-interactive

Directions: Answer these questions by clicking on the questions (in the boxes) then search for evidence in the landscape. Write down the things that appear on the list.

1. How did early humans survive here?
2. What animals and plants did early humans see?
3. Where did early humans live and die?
4. In what kinds of environments did early humans live?
5. How did later humans in this region differ from the earlier ones

Quest 3 - Visit the link below to open an interactive map on early human migration.

• http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/imaps/AC_02_047_migration/AC_02_047_migration.html

Directions: Click the yellow arrow (upper right) to watch an animation of early human migration. Watch and listen to each step. Then answer the following questions.

 

1. In your own words (summarizing the info from the map animation) how did early humans spread out across the globe?
2. How did Homo Sapiens get from Siberia to Alaska?
3. What caused humans to continue to migrate south once they arrived on the American continent?
4. Which continent was settled by Homo Sapiens last? 

Answer each of the questions in complete sentences.  Make sure you keep up with your paper as it will take several days to complete the quest.  Answers must be done in complete sentences, and turned in.

Each question is worth 1 point for completion in complete sentences. Points will be deducted for incomplete sentences or work.

The webquest is a great tool to utilize to study for the test. It is important you keep up with as the quest will serve as notes.