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Bellringer
What makes you unique among your family members? What makes you recognizable as part of your family? Are all these traits physical or are some behavioral?
Write your answer in your science journal.

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Objectives
Describe three characteristics that all primates share.
Describe three major groups of hominids.

3. Primates Chapter 8 Mammals with opposable thumbs
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Primates
Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and lemurs.
Mammals with opposable thumbs
Binocular vision = three dimensional vision.

4. Chapter 8 Primates, continued
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Primates, continued
6 million to 30 million years ago humans, chimps, and apes evolved along different lines.
Hominids (6-7 million years ago) are a family separate from other primates that includes only humans and their human-like ancestors.
Bipedalism means “walking primarily upright on two feet.”
Long lower limbs
Lack of a tai

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6. Chapter 8 Hominids Through Time
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Hominids Through Time
Australopithecines (3 million years ago) Their brains were slightly larger than the brains of apes.
Global Hominids About 2.4 million years ago group Homo, which includes modern humans appeared.
Homo habilis – million years ago
Homo erectus – 1.8 million years ago
Neanderthals – 230,000 – 30,000 years ago hunted, made fire, wore clothing

7. Chapter 8 Recent Hominids
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Recent Hominids
Modern humans are classified as the species Homo sapiens.
The earliest Homo sapiens existed in Africa 100,000 to 160,000 years ago.
Of all known hominids, only Homo sapiens still exists.