Setting the Environmental Scene - The Pleistocene Scene (Module 04)

	Principle 3: Social Relevance - The role of environment on the development of past societies

		Discussion - Geological and biotic transformations that characterized the Pleistocene (i.e. glacial 
		advances and recessions, changes in sea level, transformations and shifting of biotic patterns) all produced 
		an extreme variety of environmental scenarios that posed both opportunities and threats to ancient human 
		beings. This approach is focused on the regions adjacent to the northern Pacific rim (i.e., both Asia, from 
		Southeast to Northeast, and the Americas). To better understand the circumstances attending the movement 
		of peoples out of the Asian continent, students are encouraged to understand the scenarios and how we have 
		scientifically come to develop them, and then situate human beings within those scenarios.