1. Class Slides Set # 20 Tim Roufs’ section “Early Homo”
Prehistoric Cultures
Class Slides Set # 20
Tim Roufs’ section
“Early Homo”

2. Prehistoric Cultures
“Early Homo”

3. Homo rudolfensis . . . Homo habilis . . .
Glossary
“Early Homo” =
Homo rudolfensis . . .
Homo habilis . . .

4. Australopithecines - Homo
Genus
Australopithecus
Paranthropus
Homo
Species
ramidus
afarensis
africanus
aethiopicus
boisei
robustus
rudolfensis ( “early” )
habilis ( “early” )
erectus
sapiens

5. Homo rudolfensis ( “early” ) Homo habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens
Genus
Homo
Species
rudolfensis ( “early” )
habilis ( “early” )
erectus
Java
China
Africa
Europe
sapiens
neanderthalensis
Put this in for Fall 2000 for The Fate of Neanderthal Man video introduction

10. Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present
e.g., 1961
Homo habilis
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
700 cc brain
tool manufacture
mya

11. Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present
e.g., 1972
Homo habilis
Lake Turkana, East Africa
“1470” (and “1590”)
2.0 mya

20. Epochs: Tertiary / Quaternary

21. Epochs: Tertiary / Quaternary

23. Australopithecines -Homo
Genus
Australopithecus
Paranthropus
Homo
Species
ramidus
afarensis
africanus
aethiopicus
boisei
robustus
rudolfensis ( “early” )
habilis ( “early” )
erectus
sapiens

25. Homo rudolfensis . . . Homo habilis . . .
Glossary
“Early Homo” =
Homo rudolfensis . . .
Homo habilis . . .

29. Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present
e.g., 1961
Homo habilis
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
700 cc brain
tool manufacture
mya

30. Major Trends: Brain Development
brains develop in
size . . .
the ratio of brain weight to overall body weight . . .
complexity . . .

31. Major Trends: Brain Development
brains develop in
size . . .

35. Major Trends: Brain Development
brains develop in
size . . .
the ratio of brain weight to overall body weight . . .

37. Major Trends: Brain Development
the cerebral cortex (neocortex)
increases in area

39. Earliest lithic tool makers . . .
Glossary
“Early Humans” =
Earliest lithic tool makers . . .

48. Glossary
“Early Humans” =
Hominids . . .

52. Homo rudolfensis – (ER-1470 . . .)
Major Species
Homo rudolfensis – (ER )
one of two species of “Early Homo”
inhabited South and East Africa
2.4 – 1.6 mya

53. KNM - WT 17000 Kenya National Museum Find # 17,000
West Lake Turkana, Kenya

56. Homo habilis – (Olduvai, Koobi Fora . . .)
Major Species
Homo habilis – (Olduvai, Koobi Fora . . .)
one of two species of “Early Homo”
inhabited South and East Africa
2.0 – 1.6 mya

58. Olduvai Gorge, East Africa 1961 700 cc. Brain tool manufacture
Major Species
Homo habilis –
Olduvai Gorge, East Africa
1961
700 cc. Brain
tool manufacture

83. Australopithecines - Homo
Genus
Australopithecus
Paranthropus
Homo
Species
ramidus
afarensis
africanus
aethiopicus
boisei
robustus
rudolfensis ( “early” )
habilis ( “early” )
erectus
sapiens

85. End of Class Slides Set # 20
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