Migration - Early Humans (Push & Pull Factors)

Massive droughts occur where you are  now living. The inland river that has  served as the water supply for your clan  is almost dry. Your clan migrates to a  new area. 

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• Pull Factor

Your clan hunts springbok and other animals for food. The herds have grown and  can no longer find enough plants to eat;  the herds have left your area. Your clan  migrates to a new area.

• Push factor

• Pull factor

Hunters from your clan discovered a  coastal area that would make living easier  than it is inland. Shellfish are abundant  there, which would supplement your hunting and gathering. The climate is also  warmer. Your clan migrates to a new area.

• Push factor

• Pull factor

You live in an inland area where the climate is gradually becoming colder. This  is changing the availability of plants that  your clan gathers, as well as the avail ability of animals for hunting. Your clan  migrates to a new area. 

• Push factor

• Pull factor

You are living in a grassland area. Some  people in your clan have figured out how  to make stone tools that help in hunting. You have heard that more and better  stones are available in an area not too  far away. 

• Push factor

• Pull factor

A neighboring clan has superior tool making skills compared to your clan,  making them better hunters. Because  this clan has more food, they become  stronger and grow larger. They are  expanding closer to where you live. Your  clan migrates to a new area. 

• Push factor

• Pull factor

Language is developing among people.  You have heard from hunters in another  clan about a land bridge that crosses to  a new area where there is an abundant  supply of animals and plants. Your clan  migrates to a new area. 

• Push factor

• Pull factor

You are living in a valley near a small  river. Your clan has increased in size.  Finding enough food to feed everyone  is becoming increasingly difficult. Some  people are starving. Your clan migrates  to a new area. 

• Push factor

• Pull factor