Theme 1: Africa

Chapter 2: Prehistoric Africa: Human Origins, Migration, and Settlement of the African Continent

Map showing the locations of the four UNESCO world heritage sites in eastern and southern Africa where hominid fossil discoveries have helped our understanding of human origins and evolution

Students should go to the Discussion Board on Blackboard for questions that will provide some guidance on class readings/activities on this topic. The materials on this topic include:

  1. Readings: Chris Gosden, PreHistory: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2018). https://academic.oup.com/book/680?login=true

Our focus will be mainly Chapter 3: https://academic.oup.com/book/680/chapter/135364242

NB/ In case the above link does not work, because they are cases where it doesn’t, try the link here:  https://scholar.csuohio.edu/record=b3585042.

2.  Videos:

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