as 50‚000 years ago‚ there were _4_ different kinds of humans. What species of Homo migrated out and populated the Middle East? _Homo erectus _ What species of Homo migrated out and populated Europe? _Homo neanderthalensis_ List major physical differences between these two species: Homo sapiens Homo neanderthalensis larger brain Which ancestor pioneered what it means to be “human”? _Homo erectus_ When did Homo erectus first appear on the African plains? _2 million years ago_ Who was the first
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Paleoanthropology can be defined as the study of the chronology‚ remains‚ physical structure and habitats of early hominids. The fields of anthropology and paleoanthropology have been dominated by one family name since the 1930 ’s‚ the Leaky family. Three generations of the Leakey family have been piecing together the story of our origins for over six decades. The patriarch of the family is Louis S.B. Leakey who was a paleontologist‚ an archaeologist and an anthropologist. He was born
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Part I: Primate Adaptations 1. a) The primates have develop their sense of touch. They developed fingernails on their fingers and toes instead of claws. b) They developed this trait to have better manipulation while holding and gripping things‚ like trees and branches. They can also feel better with the tip of their fingers. This trait helped them in survival. It led to better mouvements in trees‚ as well as holding food and their babies. c) As for long-term adaptive advantages‚ the sense
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use tools‚ as well as our prolonged maturation periods had all evolved together in the beginning of the Homo lineage (1). This was a period of time when the African grasslands began to expand and the Earth ’s climate cooled and became much drier (1) (2). Although scientists have recognized and known these traits to be specific to humans‚ which were thought to have originated in the genus Homo (between 2.4 and 1.8 million years ago in Africa)‚ they are now reconsidering some evolutionary factors that
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Miles Elam Becoming a Human Part 1 In this short film‚ the main focuses are on why and how we became human over millions of years. The Afar in North Eastern Ethiopia‚ part of The Great Rift Valley‚ is the location of the first steps in discovering the answers. Archeologist‚ Zeresenay Alemseged had made a remarkable discovery. He found a cheek bone of a small face that more than likely was from a baby embedded into sandstone. It was found on top of volcanic ash that was dated to be about 3
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ANTH 304: Prehistoric Europe Exam 1 Study Guide Peopling of Europe: Long vs short chronology Long chronology proponents argue for people (Homo erectus or heidelbergensis) in Europe before 1 million years ago. Short chronology proponents argue for colonization after 730‚000 years ago. This corresponds to the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary‚ when the Earth’s magnetic poles switched from a Reversed to Normal polarity. Sites such as Orce and Sima del Elefante in Spain are equivocal evidence
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researched various skulls and matched them with the data we have‚ therefore leaving us with eight indentified skulls. This report will thoroughly discuss what we believe each skull is and why we think so. Firstly‚ we believe skull number one is Homo habilis. H. habilis is about 2.4 to 1.5 million years old. This skull has a small supraorbital brow ridge and no sagittal crest. The nasal bones were flat and the facial prognathism is in between. The canines do not jut and a canine diastema is not
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to Anthropology Linda Samland June 21‚2002 Biography- Richard Leakey Homo habilis‚ Richard Erskine Leakey‚ was born December 19‚ 1944 in Nairobi‚ Kenya. His parents were the esteemed anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey. Leakey decided at an early age that he wanted nothing to do with paleoanthropology and dropped out
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Human Evolution Who we are as a species‚ and where we came from; make up the basis of a fantastic story‚ spanning more than 4 million years. The search for the origins of humanity will be a story of bones and the tales they tell. It’s a story that begins in Africa‚ where our ancestors first stood up.Over millions of years they continued to evolve and eventually spread out across the globe. Some species adapted to the changing world‚ while others went extinct. Today only a single species
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TOPIC: The physical characteristics of the Australopithecus hominid. The first Australopithecus hominid (later named Australopithecus africanus) was discovered in by an anatomy professor in Johannesburg‚ South Africa named Raymond Dart in 1924. Prof. Dart initially discovered a five year old skull and it was unlike that of an ape’s he had ever seen. According to!!!!!!!!!‚ Studying the skull‚ he made the following discoveries: -The skull had “ape-like” features -had a projecting face -small brain
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