Homo sapiens originated in Africa, likely Ethiopia or Zambia, around 200,000 years ago. They migrated throughout the world and were the first humans. Homo sapiens spent their time gathering plants, hunting animals, and cooking food. They lived in tribes and exchanged goods. Homo sapiens had changing environments and built shelters from branches, leaves, and tree bark. They developed tools from stone, bone, and antlers to hunt, gather food, and craft items.

1. Homo SapiensBy : Michael , Beyazit, Leo, and Andreea

2. Were Homo sapiens started.We know that Homo sapiens originate from Africa. Sadly we don’t know were exactly in Africa..From my research most people say that home sapiens originated fromEthiopia or Zambia

3. Were did we ‘Migrate’Homo sapiens migrated everywhere. Since we are all a little different from homo sapiens. Human kind off ‘rules’ the world and that is because primitive homo sapiens traveled around the world.

5. DietHomo sapiens spend most of their time looking for food. They gathered plants, and hunted or found dead animals. About 164,000 years ago they were collecting and cooking shellfish. Nowadays we eat a very wide range of meat and plants.

6. MiscellaneousFactsHomo sapiens appeared about 200,000 years ago. They lived in tribes and had trading groups where they exchanged goods.Homo means human and sapiens means wise in Latin.

7. Homo sapiens have beliefs that are called religions. There are thousand of different religions including Christianity, Buddhism, and Islamism. Homo sapiens used to disagree about which religion is better. Depending on the religion, homo sapiens today celebrate different special occasions such as holidays, marriage, and the coming of age.

8. Environment of Homo SapiensThe environment of homo sapiens was always changing. It wasn’t stable. Rain, storms, snow, eruptions, sun, desert and more…

9. Shelter of Homo SapiensThey built shelters out of branches and also they built tents with leaves and branches bark of trees. They created man-made structures. It looked like the Indian tents but instead from leaves and connect them with vines.

10. As researched by Michael Taft MorrisAnatomy

11. DescriptionHomo sapiens have lighter skeletons than those humans who came before themLarge brains: approximately 1300 cubic centimetresThin walled, high vaulted skullwith a forehead almost perpendicularto the groundThe main differences between homosapiens sapiens, and homo sapiens is that we have more brains and brawn

12. ToolsAs researched by Michael Taft Morris

13. Different ToolsMost tools where made of: stone, ivory, bone, and antlersKnives, scrapers, and spear points were just some of the tools in their arsenalThese tools were used to hunt, gather, and prepare foodSoon these tools were also used to craft items with less need

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