Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Human Migration Patterns
Use this activity to figure out where the first humans lived. This activity requires students to read clues and use their understanding of the clues to create a map to give them a visual representation of early humans movements.
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New Scientist: Out of Africa and Straight to the Beach
New evidence is emerging from DNA studies that modern man walked out of Africa and headed for Australia.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Power Figure (Kongo Peoples)
Nkisi nkondi figures are highly recognizable through an accumulation of pegs, blades, nails, or other sharp objects inserted into its surface. This Kongo tradition has survived over the centuries and migrated to the Americas and the...
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Serengeti National Park
The beautiful, official site for the Serengeti National Park provides extensive information about the Serengeti ecosystem, physical features, wildlife, and taking a safari through the region. As an added bonus, learn some Swahili.
Archaeological Institute of America
Early Homo Erectus Tools in China
An article which describes a fossil site in eastern China where evidence has been found that Home erectus may have been active in eastern China some 400,000 years earlier than scientists believed. The authors also summarize the debate...