African & African American Studies: Intro - II   $64.99

Chapter 1:  Early African Societies 20 - 7.3 Million Years Ago PHP:

There Are Four Articles Of Existence

1.  Human (or Hue - Man).

2.  Humankind (akin to Hue - Man).

3.  Man (neither or either human or humankind).

4.  Mankind (homonoid: resembling man only in appearance but unable to reason. Homo Erectus: Man & Beast).

During the Early and Middle Miocene eras, dating between twenty and ten million years ago, Africa had a much higher annual rainfall level than today. A single super-rainforest covered most of the continent from shore to shore. 

A hominoid (primate), said to be ancestor common to all living apes, early human records noted them to have lived in the trees of this super-rainforest (Understanding The Antediluvian Race: (PHP 7.3 million years - 10.3 thousand years BC).

Africa first became connected to Eurasia around 18 million years ago, causing major geological upheavals, and transforming formerly flat landscapes by pushing up some of the world's youngest mountain ranges: the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Zagros mountains, as well as the mountains and rift valleys of East Africa. Geographical transformations were accompanied by gradual climatic and environmental changes which may even have triggered the emergence of the first specialized hominoid known as mankind.  

Dr. Mauricelm-Lei Millere