Journey Gallery

Political map of Africa

Vector illustration of the policital map of Africa
Reference map was created by the US Central Intelligence Agency and is available as a public domain map at the University of Texas Libraries website.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/political/pdf/africa.pdf

Hannibal crossing the Alps

Hannibal and his army crosses the Alps - an epic overland journey from Carthage to Italy during the Second Punic War in Italy (218-203 BC). Two of Hannibal's war elephants are pictured. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

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Stages in human evolution

Human evolution. Illustration showing stages in the evolution of humans. At left, proconsul (23-15 million years ago) is depicted hypothetically as an African ape with both primitive and advanced features. From it Australopithecus afarensis (>4- 2.5 Myr BP) evolved and displayed a bipedal, upright gait walking on two legs. Homo habilis (2.5 Myr BP) was truly human ("homo") resembling Australopithecus but also used stone tools. About 1.5 Myr BP Homo erectus (at centre) appeared in Africa, used fire, wooden tools, and migrated from Africa into Eurasia. Homo neanderthalensis (200, 000 years BP) lived in Europe and Middle East and was closely related to modern humans (right)

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