1. The Beginnings of Humanity

2. 6 Million Years Ago - Ardipithecus Located In East Africa Climbed Trees (4 Limbs) and Walked (2 Limbs) in Woodlands Ate ripe fruits and animals (thin enamel on teeth = soft foods)

3. 4 Million Years Ago - Australopithecus Located across Africa in Woodlands & Grasslands Walked Only Shorter Arms Ate tougher foods (thicker enamel on teeth) Larger Brain * Dikika Baby, Age 3

4. 2 Million Years Ago - Homo Left Africa and traveled to Europe (Spain) and Asia (China/Java) Developed Stone Tools Teeth and Jaws smaller Larger Brain Rituals Began

5. Conclusion How much have human developed over the past 6 million years? How different are 21 st century humans from the earliest humans? *Dresden, 1945*Ghana

6. Sources 1. National Geographic, July 2010 2. Ardipithecus Skeleton (Slide 2) from Discover Magazine.com http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/01/ardipithecus-we-meet-at-last/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/01/ardipithecus-we-meet-at-last/ 3. “Ardipithecus Ramidus Lights the Way,” National Geographic.com http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/human-evolution/human-ancestor http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/human-evolution/human-ancestor 4. “Childhood Origins,” by Christopher P. Sloan, National Geographic, November 2006. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/11/dikika-baby/sloan-texthttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/11/dikika-baby/sloan-text 5. http://www.iupui.edu/~mstd/a103/Paleolithic%20Tool%20Types.htm