1. Final Draft & Presentation
Human Evolution
Final Draft & Presentation

2. Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates

3. Order: Primates All Primates Lemurs Tarsiers New World monkeys
Suborder Prosimii
Suborder Tarsiiformes
Anthropoids (suborder Anthropoidea)
Hominoids
Hylobatidae
Pongidae
Hominidae
New World
monkeys
Old World
monkeys
Lemurs
Tarsiers
Gibbons
Orangutans
Gorillas
Chimpanzees
Humans
Common Ancestor of hominids
Common Ancestor of hominoids (hominids and apes)
Common
Ancestor of anthropoids
Common Ancestor of
All Primates

4. Order: Primates Tarsier Chimpanzee Lemur Orangutan Gorilla
Baboon (old world)
Gibbon
Capuchin Monkey
(new world)

5. Primate Characteristics
Strong and sensitive fingers
Opposable thumbs
Large brains proportionate to body size
Binocular (3D) and color vision
Omnivorous diets
Usually 1 offspring at a time (also allows for extended care…)

6. Family level...Humans branch off
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates Family: Pongidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates Family: Hominidae

7. How are Humans different?

8. Hand
Foot
Hand
Foot
(a) Lemur (Eulemur mongoz)
(b) Tarsier (Tarsius spectrum)
Hand
Foot
Hand
Foot
Woolly spider monkey
(Brachyteles arachnoides)
(b) Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

9. And now...Human Evolution

10. Skull Lab

11. Australopithecus afarensis
Age: mya
Bipedal
Small brain
Large, wide teeth
Most complete early hominid
Possible ancestor of all later australopithecines

12. A. afarensis

13. Paranthropus robustus (A. robustus)
Large (robust) cheeks, jaws, teeth, etc

14. Homo habilis Age: 2.3-1.6 mya Significantly larger brain size
Clear evidence of tool use
Broca’s area (for speech) visible in brain cast

15. Homo erectus Age: 1.8-0.3 mya First to leave Africa
Traveled throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia
Stone and bone tools
May have used fire

16. H. erectus

17. H. sapiens neanderthalensis
Age: 250,000-30,000 years ago
Coexisted with H. sapiens sapiens
Larger brain and body size
Adapted to cold
Used fire
Buried dead
Cared for wounded/elderly

18. H. sapeins neanderthalensis

19. H. sapiens neanderthalensis

20. H. sapiens neanderthalensis
50,000 year old bone flute
Burial site with flowers

21. H. sapiens sapiens Age: 100,000-present Cave art, sculptures, etc
Small teeth and jaws
Very high forehead, prominent chin

22. H. sapiens sapiens
Humans have evolved through variation, mutation, and natural selection like all other species
We continue to evolve today
What happens next is anyone’s guess

23. A final note
Evolution occurs in a branching fashion, not necessarily a linear progression
Paths diverge and evolve differently depending on environmental conditions, variability, etc
Some paths lead to dead ends
Extinct human species

24. Hominid Family Tree H. sapiens sapiens H. sapiens neanderthalensis
H. sapiens (archaic)
H. erectus
H. ergaster
Homo habilis
A. robustus
A. boisei
A. aethiopicus
A. africanus
A. garhi
A. afarensis
Kenyanthropus platyops
Australopithecus anamensis
Ardipithecus ramidus 24

25. Break!

26. Presentation Instructions

27. General guidelines (25) Everyone must participate equally
Follow the directions and check the rubric!
Visuals are highly encouraged
But cite them!

28. Introduction (2-3 slides)
Introduce us to your project!
What you did
Location
Observations
Maps
Pictures

29. Procedures, Results, Analysis (2-4 slides)
What you did for the experiment
What you tested, and how you did it
What your results were
Tables/graphs!
Say more than “these were my results”

30. Discussion (1-2 slides)
Discuss why your location and experiment are important
Why should people study what you did?

31. Works Cited (1-2 slides)
Presentation should include endnote on bottom of slides with information
(LastName Date)
Full MLA citation on last page of presentation
Don’t include figure citations (i.e. pictures) here

32. Lunch

33. Work Time
Paper Final Draft
Presentation