People on Earth

People on Earth — page 1 — Human WORLD EUROPE NORT AMERICA ASIA The world is divided into large landmasses called continents The 7 billion people who live on the planet are not scattered evenly across these continents ore than 60 percent of these people live in just one continent Asia AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA OCEANI NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA Number of countries Number of countries OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 16 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOO 26 Largest country BRAZIL 3 3 million sq miles 8 5 million sq km Largest country CANADA 3 9 million sq miles 10 million sq km Largest population USA 318 million Largest city SAO PAULO BRAZIL 19 9 million Largest population BRAZIL 202 7 million An At Largest city Ed MEXICO CITY HE A MEXICO 20 5 million Total area 9 5 million sq miles 24 7 million sq km Total area 6 9 million sq miles 17 8 million sq km Total population 556 million Total population 401 million

People on Earth — page 2 — EUROPE ASIA Number of countries Number of countries OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oooooooooooooooooooo OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 52 Largest population RUSSIA European region 110 m on Largest country RUSSIA European region 1 5 m on sq mi les 4 m ion sq km Largest population CHINA 1 4 billion Largest country RUSSIA Asia 5 1 ion sq miles 13 1 million sq km A Largest city Moscow RUSSIA 11 6 mi on Rod Largest city TOKYo JAPAN 37 2 m ion Total area Total area 39 million sq miles 10 2 million sq km Total population 740 million 17 2 million sq miles 44 6 million sq km Total population 4 3 billion AFRICA AUSTRALIA OCEANIA Number of countries Number of countries 19 Oooooooooooooooooooo OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 57 Largest country ALGERIA 919 595 sq miles 2 4 mi ion sq km Largest population AUSTRALIA 22 5 mi ion Largest country AUSTRALIA 3 million sq miles 77 7 mi ion sq km At Largest city A SYDNEY HE AUSTRALIA 4 5 mi to Largest city LAGOs NIGERIA 11 2 m Largest population NIGERIA L77 2 m ion Total area Total area 11 7 million sq miles 30 2 sq million km Total population 1 1 billion 3 3 million sq miles 8 5 million sq km Total population 38 million

People on Earth — page 3 — Human ORIGINS Modern humans or Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa about 200 000 years ago It was another 130 000 to 10 000 years before they started to move out of Africa By about 50 000 years ago humans had reached Southeast Asia and Australia MIGRATION OF MODERN HUMANS Driven by the need for food and a place to settle humans started to migrate out of Afrlica to other parts of the world Cradle of humanity This region around the East African Rift Valley is where the earliest human remains have been found From this point modern humans set out to colonize the planet 50k 16Ok 65k KEY 195k Evidence of humans age in thousands k of years 155k Human migration thousands k of years ago into Australia During an ice age about 50 000 years ago large amounts of water were frozen as ice sheets or glaciers Sea levels dropped so low that a land bridge formed allowing humans to walk from Southeast Asia to Australia Route of migration other possible routes TIMELINE Emergence of modern humans in Africa Modern humans spread across S E Asia 80 000 years ago Modern humans lce age begin to leave Africa begins A Population explosion in Africa 78 000 years ago 65 000 years ago 200 000 years ago

People on Earth — page 4 — FAMILY TREE HOMO This group had Homo Sapiens brains large and used tools AUSTRALOPITHECUS Walked upright but also climbed trees The earliest human ancestors appeared more than 6 lion years ago MYA Several different ARDIPITHECus groups evolved Our closest link to other primates before our direct they were the earliest ancestors the to walk upright Homo group Ed about OOOO app care 2 MYA 4 species 5 5 MYA 6 species 1 9 MYA 4 species C 3 85 MYA PARANTHROPUs An early group of humans with large teet 3 species and strong jaws 2 3 MYA 6k Land bridge About 16 000 years ago a land bridge formed linking Siberia to North America Humans crossed this land bridge They were following herds of animals that used the bridge as a migration route Hawall Micronesia Easte Island CROSSING THE PACIFIC Having settled in Southeast Asia and Australia humans faced the enormous Pacific Ocean Despite it measuring more than 3 107 miles 5 000 km across human settlers undertook epic voyages Starting about 4 000 years ago with expansion into Micronesia and Melanesia this migration period finished with the settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island at the start of the 1300s Modern humans reach Aus Modern humans populate Europe Modern humans populate Americas ends 50 000 years ago 35 000 years ago 20 000 years ago 8 000 years ago Today

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