Western Civilization I / Unit 1 WC1 0003 short lesson, about 20 seconds
From Hominids to Homo Sapiens Across the Planet
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The idea
Tool-making hominids appear about three point nine million years ago. Modern humans exist by about three hundred thousand years ago; the lasting wave left Africa about seventy thousand years ago and outlived the Neanderthals.
In practice
The Americas reached about fifteen thousand years ago over the Bering land bridge.
Where people slip
These dates are revised often. The anchor says so, and the course says about.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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