A fascinating look at where humans came from. The interactive journey begins in Ethiopia over four million years ago with our ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus. It continues at intervals along a timeline up to the present. The journey is rich with images, text, and videos, and a world map shows how the global climate is changing at each stage. Return to the climate map or click on images at the bottom of the page in order to go to a different time period.

Concepts

prehistory

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Additional Tags

evolution of humans, first humans, human ancestors, human history, prehistoric humans, first humans (prehistory to 1200 bc)

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)