HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Broccoli, Smallpox, Syphilis
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It is important to understand that north america has a rich history, most of which is not covered in this class. Why, we are looking at aspects of north american history that led to the confederation and creation of canada. Key points: beringia, the three sisters, the columbian exchange, virgin soil epidemics, ecological imperialism, giovanni caboto. Jacque cartier: champlain and the founding of quebec. Earliest fossils of humans are found in africa. For millions of years, the biological domain of humans was limited to africa. Homo erectus was the first migrant to make its way out of africa, spreading into parts of south east asia and indonesia. 40,000 humans migrated into australia and new guinea (first migrations using watercraft, 20,000 technology allowing humans to more effectively fight the cold allowed them to migrate to siberia. Sometime between 20000 and 12000 years ago humans migrated into n. america via 2 possible routes, first potential route was beringia.
