Learning Targets for the Day I CAN identify the theories about the beginning of man. I CAN understand the significance of studying EVOLUTION in knowing ancient civilizations.

Human Evolution

The Old Testament in the Bible Creationism is the belief that the Universe and Life originated "from specific acts of divine creation.”

Human Evolution refers to the evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of modern humans. The study of human evolution involves many scientific disciplines, including physical anthropology, primatology, archaeology, linguistics, embryology and genetics.

Richard Leakey discovered Homo 1470 near Lake Rudolf (1972) Archaeology The study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind. Richard Leakey discovered Homo 1470 near Lake Rudolf (1972)

On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection Theory of Universal Common Descent Every creature on Earth is ultimately descended from a single common ancestor somewhere in the distant past. Natural Selection Organisms had the power to produce fundamentally new forms of life.

ADAPTATIONS bipedalism (1.9 million years ago) increased brain size, decreased sexual dimorphism

Depth Perception

Gripping Capacity

Hierarchy

PRECURSORS OF THE MODERN HUMAN BEING The earliest ancestors of humans (hominids) diverged from apes about 8 million years ago. First Europeans: approx. 780,000 years ago

Australopithecines/Australopithecus Hominids - any member of the family of two-legged primates that includes all humans. around 5.6 to 1.2 million years ago largely herbivore brains are little larger than the modern chimpanzees

LUCY Oldest known australopithecine skeleton 3.5 feet tall and may have lived about 4 million years ago. About 20 years old when she died.

Homo habilis “handy man” around 2.4 -1.4 million years ago taller than Australopithecines and has significantly larger brains created stone tools

Homo erectus (Homo Ergaster) the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions  Larger and more varied tools -> primitive technology First hominid to migrate and leave Africa for Europe and Asia.  cared for old and weak individuals first to use fire

PEKING MAN JAVA MAN

Homo neanderthalensis About 400,000 - 40,000 years ago closest extinct human relative made and used a diverse set of sophisticated tools lived in shelters made and wore clothing skilled hunters of large animals and also ate plant foods bury their dead and marked their graves with offerings Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Homo sapiens “wise man”  average brain size is around 1300 cubic centimeters.  evolved around 200,000 years ago in Africa jaws are less heavily developed, with smaller teeth.

Cro-Magnon among the first fossils to be recognized as part of Homo sapiens found in Cro-Magnon, Les Eyzies, France good hunter and fine artist almost six feet tall

Seatwork No. 2.1 What stage of human development (human evolution) do you think is the most important? Why? Write your answer on a ½ crosswise intermediate paper.

RUBRIC IN SCORING THE ESSAY Criteria Description Perfect Score Score Organization and Content Content answers the question. The thoughts are presented in an organized manner. 12 Conciseness Essay is free from superfluous details and has sentences not less than 7 sentences but not more than 10 sentences. 3 Total Score: 15

Human Evolution