Class Slides Set # 20 Tim Roufs’ section “Early Homo” Prehistoric Cultures Class Slides Set # 20 Tim Roufs’ section “Early Homo”

Prehistoric Cultures “Early Homo”

Homo rudolfensis . . . Homo habilis . . . Glossary “Early Homo” = Homo rudolfensis . . . Homo habilis . . .

Australopithecines - Homo Genus Australopithecus Paranthropus Homo Species ramidus afarensis africanus aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

Homo rudolfensis ( “early” ) Homo habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens Genus Homo Species rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus Java China Africa Europe sapiens neanderthalensis Put this in for Fall 2000 for The Fate of Neanderthal Man video introduction

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present e.g., 1961 Homo habilis Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 700 cc brain tool manufacture 1.85 - 1.6 mya

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present e.g., 1972 Homo habilis Lake Turkana, East Africa “1470” (and “1590”) 2.0 mya

Epochs: Tertiary / Quaternary

Epochs: Tertiary / Quaternary

Australopithecines -Homo Genus Australopithecus Paranthropus Homo Species ramidus afarensis africanus aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

Homo rudolfensis . . . Homo habilis . . . Glossary “Early Homo” = Homo rudolfensis . . . Homo habilis . . .

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present e.g., 1961 Homo habilis Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 700 cc brain tool manufacture 1.85 - 1.6 mya

Major Trends: Brain Development brains develop in size . . . the ratio of brain weight to overall body weight . . . complexity . . .

Major Trends: Brain Development brains develop in size . . .

Major Trends: Brain Development brains develop in size . . . the ratio of brain weight to overall body weight . . .

Major Trends: Brain Development the cerebral cortex (neocortex) increases in area

Earliest lithic tool makers . . . Glossary “Early Humans” = Earliest lithic tool makers . . .

Glossary “Early Humans” = Hominids . . .

Homo rudolfensis – (ER-1470 . . .) Major Species Homo rudolfensis – (ER-1470 . . .) one of two species of “Early Homo” inhabited South and East Africa 2.4 – 1.6 mya

KNM - WT 17000 Kenya National Museum Find # 17,000 West Lake Turkana, Kenya

Homo habilis – (Olduvai, Koobi Fora . . .) Major Species Homo habilis – (Olduvai, Koobi Fora . . .) one of two species of “Early Homo” inhabited South and East Africa 2.0 – 1.6 mya

Olduvai Gorge, East Africa 1961 700 cc. Brain tool manufacture Major Species Homo habilis – Olduvai Gorge, East Africa 1961 700 cc. Brain tool manufacture

Australopithecines - Homo Genus Australopithecus Paranthropus Homo Species ramidus afarensis africanus aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

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