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Quick Review on Hominids! And yes, you will be learning the Hominid Dance.

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1 Quick Review on Hominids! And yes, you will be learning the Hominid Dance.

2 5 Hominids to Remember Australopithecus Afarensis Homo Habilis Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens Neanderthals Homo Sapiens Sapiens

3 Australopithecus Afarensis Lucy Bipedal = walking upright 3.9 to 2.9 million years ago Evidence – skeleton & Laetoli footprints

4 Homo Habilis Handy Man OLDOWAN Tools 2.2 - 1.6 million years ago Evidence: Stone tools with cracked, fossilized bones without bone marrow, opposable thumb skeletons

5 Homo Erectus Migrated Out of Africa Fire! 1.8-1.5 million years ago Evidence of fire: fire pits with charred bones at same level fire pits at cave entrances  use of fire for protection Further evidence: Fossilized skeletons with tongue attachment higher  speech possible ability to sweat for heat regulation clothing – awls for putting holes in skins

6 Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis Community Ritual Burials with pollen  flowers put in grave Repaired bones from compound fractures 250,000 - 30,000 years ago

7 Homo Sapiens Sapiens The Artist -> Evidence of symbolic thinking Lascaux Caves in France 200,000 years ago to NOW! Us Arrow heads  Evidence of Projectile Weaponry https://vimeo.com/40849516

8 Hominids in “Art” Alley Oop Cartoon The Hominid Dance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLD_LTXRmDY


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