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World Maps
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Show what the world was like at a particular moment in human history. |
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Regional Maps
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| Show the history of a particular region of the world over an extended period of time. |
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Supplementary Maps  |
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| Add to the information in the regional maps by illustrating a particular theme or event |
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First Civilizations
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| Developed in regions of great fertility such as the Nile valley in Egypt or the Yellow River Basin in China |
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East Africa
(hominids) |
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| Family of Primates that includesmodern humans and their immediate ancestors |
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Ardipithecus Ramidus
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Oldest ancestor found.
-4.4 million years ago |
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Australopithecus afarensis |
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Later species of hominid
- 3.5 million years ago
- Was able to walk on two legs
- 3 million years ago it evolved to "robusts" and "graciles"
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Robusts
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Graciles
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Modern Humans descended from them
- Smaller teeth and Jaws
- Brains were the same size as chimpanzees (1/3 of modern humans)
- Scavengers
- Stones and sticks as rudimentary tools
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