Planet of Life: Apes to Man: Teacher’s Guide Grade Level: 6-8 Curriculum Focus: Animals Lesson Duration: Two class periods Program Description Climb our family tree in Apes to Man to find out how the unpredictable forces of evolution shaped our primate ancestors and Earth’s first hominids. And discover the many fine traits we have in common — including perception‚ cleverness‚ and a gift for communicating! Onscreen Questions and Activities Segment 1‚ Planet of Life: Apes to Man: Part One • •
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Are Humans Born Good or Are Humans Born Evil? Humans have been on Earth for about 100‚000 to 200‚000 years. We are part of the hominidae family. In other words‚ we are “modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man.” We have brains and with them we are able to consider thoughts. With abstract brainwork‚ it allows us to categorize ourselves under “perceptive”. Everybody has a different understanding or idea about something. Most of the time‚ humankind will anticipate the worse instead of
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Australopithecus Afarensis to the modern day human also known as the Homo Sapien. As a result‚ the two defining traits that occurred by taxonomy are the effects of brain size and bipedalism. Humans‚ like other primates are considered as Order Primates in the Hominidae family and therefore are a prime example of taxonomy when the two diverged into different species. During taxonomy when humans diverged from their ancestors 6 to 7 million years ago‚ the result is the differences such as walking upright‚ brain size
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within this order‚ humans‚ along with our extinct close ancestors‚ and our nearest living relatives‚ the African apes‚ are sometimes placed together in the family Hominidae because of genetic similarities‚ although classification systems more commonly still place great apes in a separate family‚ Pongidae. If the single grouping‚ Hominidae‚ is used‚ the separate human line in the hominid family is distinguished by being placed in a subfamily‚ Homininae‚ whose members are then called homininesthe practice
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Pan Paniscus vs. Gorilla Beringei Bonobos‚ sometimes called pygmy chimpanzees‚ survive and endure in fission-fusion social groups where a behomitic amount of individuals apportion into smaller groups of size and composition. They are classified as those involved in patrilineal groups. Bonobos are in Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are an estimated number of thirty thousand bonobos in existence. Bonobos abide in the swampy rainforests of the southern region
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species‚ human origins from pre-humans to modern humans‚ major discoveries and the history of human evolution‚ and what the future may hold as far as evolution for the human species. Homo sapiens are the only living representative of the family Hominidae. The Hominidae‚ or hominids are a group of upright walking primates with relatively large brains. So all humans are hominids‚ but not all hominids could be called human. Next all humans are primates. The mammalian order of primates include about 180 species
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and genetic material” that has been noted for several years now. By sharing similar traits it is noted as a vital part of human evolution. Human evolution is the development of humans also known as Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens are categorized in the Hominidae family‚ a family that has shown to ensure increased brain size with complexity and bipedalism. Chimpanzees have undergone many different changes during that resulted in binocular vision‚ mobile digits without claws but nails‚ decreasing in sense
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Chimpanzees are perhaps one of the closest living creatures to humans in the way they live and their basic genetic makeup. Chimpanzees are short but stocky prime mates with more knowledge then nearly every land animal on earth. They are so intelligent they realize the benefits of simple tools such as sticks and stones. Their intelligence even allows them to communicate bodily and verbally‚ although no real language is recognized in chimpanzees or any animal species with the exception of humans. Chimpanzees
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similar external features‚ and basic elements of genetic makeup and body chemistry- DNA‚ chromosomal patterns‚ life-sustaining proteins‚ and blood types with large apes. | The HominidsAustralopithecus | * A creature belonging to the family Hominidae‚ which includes human and humanlike species. * Australopithecus genus evolved in eastern Africa
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East Africa in the Rift valley‚ several in South Africa‚ and a few in Central Africa Definition : the study of human evolution‚ the fossil record‚ and the relationship among the fossils themselves * Hominids * Anything in the family hominidae; may be human but have more ape like characteristics * Hominin
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