By: Eyad Abdalla, Nori Kaltsidis, Philippe Haas Homo Sapien Sapien By: Eyad Abdalla, Nori Kaltsidis, Philippe Haas

Skull Features:

Skeletal Features

Physical Characteristics - Their skeletons are lighter build than their ancestors. - Walk upright. -Have very large brains with the average size of 1300 cc. - Thin walled high-vaulted skull with flat forehead. - Almost no brow ridge. - Jaws not heavily developed, and smaller teeth

Characteristics Contin... - Lived by hunting. - Used elaborate tools. - They depicted paintings of their daily lives and hunts on cave walls.

They lived in what is now modern Europe, Africa and West Asia Where They Lived They lived in what is now modern Europe, Africa and West Asia Homo sapiens between now and 200,000 years ago eventually migrated across the entire world Homo sapiens were very versatile on living environments Of all hominids, Homo sapiens had such different behavioral traits that allowed them to live in many environments (eg. had a larger range of prey)

Technologies That They Used The main source of technology was made with stones Stones were altered to be useful to the population in certain ways For example, stones would be chipped to make them sharp in order to cut meat, cut fur, etc. Made many kind of tools each specific for different jobs

Two paint brushes per team Activity/Game Materials: Two paint brushes per team One rock or 'cave wall' (poster board) per team Paints provided Rules: Draw a painting of images and symbols that reflect your life and culture, similar to a cave painting. Try to portray what we think, feel, do, where and how we work, live, play, families, cultural groups, technology, pets, school, transportation, food, interests, hobbies, music, art, environment, etc. The painting that looks the most authentic wins a prize! The class will vote, so make your painting as interesting and representative of our culture as possible.

Works Cited Homo sapiens. (n.d.). Human Evolution by The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins, Retrieved March 1, 2013, from http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-sapiens homo sapiens sapiens. (n.d.). Washington State University - Pullman, Washington. Retrieved March 1, 2013, from http://www.public.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/32_h_sapiens_sapiens.html O'neal, Dennis. (n.d.). Early Modern Homo Sapiens. Retrieved March 1, 2013, from http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo2/mod_homo_4.htm Institute of Human Origins. (n.d.). Homo Sapiens. Retrieved March 1, 2012, from http://www.becominghuman.org/node/homo-sapiens-0 Pictures: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/origins/skulls/sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.gif http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4007/4668869469_09b1658c31_z.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Prognathism3.png http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/wp- content/blogs.dir/435/files/2012/04/i-b40804aa61a674dcd9566a08a7f8c16e-orang-human-skeleton-compare- thumb-249x300-17343.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Primatenskelett-drawing.jpg http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/57/94557-004-CF63D396.jpg