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Paleontology Unit Intro. How are we similar? How are we different?

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1 Paleontology Unit Intro

2 How are we similar? How are we different?

3 Ape Family Tree What about our relation to Apes? ?

4 Questions to consider: When did we evolve? Where did we come from? How did we evolve? What did we evolve from?

5 What is a Hominid? You are a hominid just like the species below. Hominid – is a bipedal primate

6 Meet your Relatives

7 Human vs. Gorilla

8 Hominids Apes Large, Medium, Small, or none??

9 No crest Large (very pronounced) Large, Medium, Small, or None??

10 How big is its snout, or muzzle? Large, Medium, Small, or None??

11 Bony ridge (eyebrow bone) above the eyes LargeSmall Large, Medium, Small, or None??

12 Arch or shape of the jaw (top or bottom) U – shaped (parallel) V – shaped (parabola)

13 1 2 3 1 2 3 Large, Medium, or Small ??

14 The angle of the face (measured in degrees)

15 How to measure

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17 The circumference of the brain Use the measuring tape around the skull


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