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Synthesizing Early Human Migration on Global Maps
Synthesize chronological and geographic data to map global human migration waves from 200,000 to 12,000 years ago.
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Earth's Climate, Human Origins, and Early Migrations
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Explain how climate shifts shaped early Earth, describe the African origins of modern humans, and trace global migration pathways.
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6.T2.1Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe the great climatic and environmental changes that shaped the earth and eventually permitted the growth of human life.
6.T2.2Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeIdentify sites where archaeologists have found evidence of the origins of modern human beings and explain current theories of how human groups moved from Africa over time into the continents now known as Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. Give examples of how ongoing archaeological research adds new data that changes interpretations of how migrations and habitation sites are dated.