Answer to Question #292336 in History for milovani

Question

Map of ( Original Language Family Groups) The use of complex language developed 100,000 years ago among Homo sapiens in Africa. As humans dispersed throughout the globe, nineteen language families evolved from which all modern languages originate.

• How many different landmasses did language evolve on? Which landmasses have a greater number of language families, and why might that be?

• On the basis of this map, what geographic features had an impact on the evolution of language groups?

• Why do you think separate languages emerged over time?

Answer 1

Between 70,000 and 100,000 years ago, Homo sapiens began migrating from the African continent and populating parts of Europe and Asia. They reached the Australian continent in canoes sometime between 35,000 and 65,000 years ago

Colonialism's impacts include environmental degradation, the spread of disease, economic instability, ethnic rivalries, and human rights violations—issues that can long outlast one group's colonial rule.