This video focuses on the importance of human ancestry including the theory that all humanity has a common ancestry beginning in Africa 74,000 years ago. As population increased, humans began to migrate into various parts of the world beginning with the warmer temperature areas and then adapting to colder temperatures. Eventually, skin colors changed based on the amount of sun. This ultimately evolved into scientific racism which resulted in fear, slavery, and wars.

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common ancestry, human migration, genealogy, racism

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scientific racism, crash course,why human ancestry matters, why human ancestry matters

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional

• This video is hosted on YouTube