1. Homework #3 is due 4/11.
Bonus #2 is due W 4/4.
Bonus #3 is due F 4/27.

2. Human Evolution

3. Human Population Growth
CB 52.22

4. CB 52.12
What limits
Carrying Capacity?…

5. Webpages and Articles about Homo floresiensis
(the video)
(longer video)

6. H. floresiensis: A new species?

7. Asian island of Flores

8. Liang Bua where remains were found

10. Typical objects found. Tools and bones.

11. Artists rendering of
H. floresiensis

12. Floresiensis and sapien skull

13. Comparison of size:
Pygmy, European, and H. floresiensis

14. Pygmy elephant

15. Was floresiensis “smart”?
What about the tools?
Was floresiensis “smart”?

16. H. Sapien and H. floresiensis brain

17. Relative brain to body size

18. So…Several individual skeletons were found of a small population ranging in age from ~90, ,000 years ago. They have relatively small brains, but might have been able to do sophisticated things.

19. Homo floresiensis:
Are they a distinct species, and if so, how are we related?

20. Trait diversity may vary in different populations
57”
65”
73”

21. Human Evolution

22. H. floresiensis: A new species?

23. Yes: the number of similar individuals, the dates of existence (~90,000-18,000 years old), and the different morphology.

24. Homework #3 is due 4/11. Bonus #2 is due W 4/4.
Bonus #3 is due F 4/27.
Webpages and Articles about Homo floresiensis
(the video)
(longer video)