First People; First Farmers (to 4000 B.C.E.) Strayer talks about how usually in history books start with cities and civilizations and don't talk about the Paleolithic people. Strayer thinks that this is incorrect and chooses to start the book with them. First Migrations Eurasia Homosapiens developed in Africa around 250,000 years ago Collective learning helped these people develop over time Stone tools helped these humans Developments helped migrate from Africa to Eurasia (100,000 years ago) First migrations were into the middle east and then into South Asia (20,000 years ago) cold ice age temperatures forced humans to migrate into Southern Europe People started developing more advanced tools and weapons such as spears, arrows, bows, and more stone tools to hunt Human communication consisted of cave paintings and figurines Australia Migrations reached Australia 60,000 Y.A. 300,000 people by the time Europeans arrived in 1778 th...