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Great Migration Ice Age

Great Migration Ice Age. • Between 2 million-year and 10,000 years ago, Earth experienced long periods of cold climate, known as the Ice Age.

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Great Migration Ice Age

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  1. Great MigrationIce Age • • Between 2 million-year and 10,000 years ago, Earth experienced long periods of cold climate, known as the Ice Age. • During each period, average temperature in most parts of the world fell below freezing and massive glaciers covered large portions of Europe, Asia, and North America and the ice fields of Antarctica stretched over wide regions in the southern hemisphere.

  2. • As glaciers formed during the Ice Age, Land Bridges appeared which allowed prehistoric man to migrate into new areas. Migration- movement from one place to the next

  3. Hominid Migration Animation

  4. Formation of Land Bridges WHAT caused the land bridge to open? • During the Ice Age, the ocean level dropped 300 ft., as a result, exposing some parts of the ocean floor.

  5. Formation of Land Bridges WHERE were land Bridges located? • 1. Asia to North America • (known as the Beringia) • 2. Japan to the mainland of Korea • 3. Great Britain and Ireland to Western Europe • 4. Malay Peninsula through the Indonesian Islands almost to Australia

  6. Formation of Land Bridges WHY did prehistoric man cross the land bridge? •To find FOOD!

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