2. The peopling of the earth
When did exploration begin and who were the first explorers? ‘The peopling of the earth ’ shows that the deep origins of exploration are inseparable from the long process of the peopling of the earth that began between one and two million years ago, with the migration of Homo erectus out of the East...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/actrade/9780199946952.003.0002 2024-06-09T07:46:23+00:00 2. The peopling of the earth Weaver, Stewart A. 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199946952.003.0002 en eng Oxford University Press Exploration: A Very Short Introduction page 12-28 ISBN 9780199946952 9780199393787 book-chapter 2015 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199946952.003.0002 2024-05-10T13:13:08Z When did exploration begin and who were the first explorers? ‘The peopling of the earth ’ shows that the deep origins of exploration are inseparable from the long process of the peopling of the earth that began between one and two million years ago, with the migration of Homo erectus out of the East Africa rift valleys. It considers the Polynesian seafaring people whose remarkable exploratory oceanic migration resulted in settlements and cultural exchange around and across the Pacific Ocean. The maritime exploration of the Norse reached Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. The global circle of humanity closed, and the first of history's two big stories, that of human divergence, ended, and the second, that of human convergence, began. Book Part Greenland Iceland Newfoundland Oxford University Press Greenland Pacific 12 28 |
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When did exploration begin and who were the first explorers? ‘The peopling of the earth ’ shows that the deep origins of exploration are inseparable from the long process of the peopling of the earth that began between one and two million years ago, with the migration of Homo erectus out of the East Africa rift valleys. It considers the Polynesian seafaring people whose remarkable exploratory oceanic migration resulted in settlements and cultural exchange around and across the Pacific Ocean. The maritime exploration of the Norse reached Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. The global circle of humanity closed, and the first of history's two big stories, that of human divergence, ended, and the second, that of human convergence, began. |
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