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Prehistoric People:
Prehistoric People:
Although there were no written records during prehistory, scientists have learned a great deal about prehistoric people. They have learned how early human beings lived and what important discoveries were made. Scientists also think they know why people moved out of Africa to other parts of the world.
Many scientists believe that until about 1.75 million years ago, people lived only on the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa. Then the earth’s climate changed—it became colder. Ocean water froze into huge glaciers that spread out from the North and South poles. As the ice sheets grew, the sea level fell and uncovered land that had been under water. Land bridges then connected Africa to both southern Europe and southwestern Asia.
People were able to migrate, or make their way, around the desert of northern Africa and across the land bridges. Between about 1.75 million and 700,000 years ago, people made their way into Europe and Asia. Much later, between about 40,000 and 15,000 years ago, they also migrated to the Americas.
La Cueva de las Manos Art Project:
La Cueva de las Manos Art Project:
The "Cave of Hands" located in the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina is one of the world's most interesting and unique artistic pieces to come from Early Humans. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, this series of cave painting dates back to around 13,000-9,000 years ago. The images of hands are negative painted, also known as stenciling. Most of the hands are left hands, which suggests that painters held the spraying pipe with their right hand or they put the back of their right hand to the wall and held the spraying pipe with their left hand. In our search to better understand the culture of our earliest ancestors, we will be examining and recreating this as a 6th grade family.
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