Africa

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world. It consists of 53 countries (if you include Western Sahara, it would be 54) and has one transcontinental country - Egypt. Most of the land are part of Africa, but at the other side of the Suez Canal, it is part of Asia - this part is called Sinai -  it includes Suez and Sharm-el-sheikh. The most populated country is Nigeria with 187 million people (17% of the population) - the least populated is Seychelles, with 86 thousand people (0.000086% of the population).

When did people start living in Africa?
Africa was the first continent to have homo sapiens (humans) living in it. Around 150,000 BC, Homo sapiens evolved in Southwest Africa, mostly in Angola and Namibia. The first homo sapien skeletons were found in Cabinda (a region of Angola) by a University in California, USA. Other types of humans, such as the Homo sapien idaltu, were mainly found in Ethiopia.

Africa is also home to most of the oldest hominids (great apes). For example, the earliest evolved Savage is the Australopithecus afarensis, an extinct ancestor, which lived for 1 million years, from 3.9 to 2.9 million years ago! The next evolution was the Australopithecus africanus, which lived for 500,000 years, from 3.2 to 2.7 million years ago. This higher classification is called the "Southern Ape," a Genus ranking of a hominin.

If Africa didn't exist millions of years ago, dinosaurs were believed to still, roam the earth - and we wouldn't be here! Which will mean no man-made inventions, like electronics and man-made canals and cities. Natural stuff would only be on Earth!

How did all these countries form?
Africa has a very long history.