what is the oldest land that had people living in it on the earth?

Answer 1

Olduvai Gorge in what's now Tanzania, Africa.

Answer 2

If you say people and mean homo sapiens there is just no way to be certain. Homo Sapiens evolved from homo erectus across a broad area which included virtually all of Africa, Europe, & Asia.

If you mean the first "man-like" apes which would evolve into humans the correct answer is Ethiopia.

If you mean where did the first civilizations arise the first known civilization was Sumer in modern day Iraq. There were, however, some older trading cities such as Jerico in modern day Jordan.

Answer 3

Scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and seven other institutions have unearthed skeletal fossils of a human ancestor believed to have lived about 4.5 million years ago. The fossils, described in this week's Nature (Jan. 20), will help scientists piece together the mysterious transformation of primitive chimp-like hominids into more human forms

The fossils were retrieved from the Gona Study Area in northern Ethiopia, only one of two sites to yield fossil remains of Ardipithecus ramidus

Answer 4

Apparently Egypt.

Answer 5

They say mesopotamia, which is probably modern day Iraq.

However, we need to define "people" here, because primitive man occupied various other places on earth.

Modern civilization has it's roots in the Middle East.

Answer 6

The most ancient culture is Sumeria now Iraq, they created a writting system with sticks and accounting for the commerce.

Answer 7

Essentially, Mesopotamia is the most decided upon answer to your question, based on archeological evidence

Answer 8

Africa - do a search for "lucy anthropology" on Google....or yahoo I guess

Answer 9

Northern Africa.

Answer 10

africa....the southern part...then man migrated north to northern african and into europe.....