I found it interesting to read that our closest human relative was walking the Earth about 5 to 6 million years ago. Another interesting thing I read was that about 2.3 million years ago our brains developed enough to begin to make hand tools. We also began to control fire.
Most recently, about 250,000 years ago we began to migrate out of Africa as Homo Sapiens. The most interesting part is how we have been evolving on Earth, like other plants and animals, for millions of years. As we left Africa, we migrated to Eurasia, Australia and into the Pacific Islands. These people have been the longest to last on Earth to-date. These early beings were called the Paleolithic people and occupied Earth for 95 percent of our total time here.
The Paleolithic people were few in numbers and lived in groups of 25 to 30 in a group. Although they we were small in numbers they employed a division of labor where women gathered and men hunted. Another interesting read was that gathering made up for 70% of their source of food while only 30% of their food source came from hunted meat. They were also Pastoralist, meaning they had some permanent settlements but also participated in seasonal migration in order to sustain them selves. They seemed to be a peaceful people who only lived off the land. Their era ended at about 15,000 B.C.E.
Photo Reference:
https://www.sutori.com/story/the-neolithic-revolution--hLE5D23gt8Adf1vGTsHHWmtJ
Thank you, Sergio, for recording all these details in your post and the great illustration. I was also fascinated to learn about our ancestors, how they lived and the migration.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot to look up to them who lived a different life and seemed to be happy with what they had.