1. 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.

2. Human Evolution

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

5. 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.

6. 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)

7. 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.

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

13. Depth Perception

14. Gripping Capacity

15. Hierarchy

17. 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

19. 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

20. 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.

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

23. 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

24. PEKING MAN
JAVA MAN

25. Homo neanderthalensis
About 400, ,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

27. 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.

28. 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

29. 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.

30. 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

31. Human Evolution