PDF-(BOOK)-Dragon Bone Hill: An Ice-Age Saga of Homo erectus

Peking Man a cave man once thought a great hunter who had first tamed fire actually was a composite of the gnawed remains of some fifty women children and men unfortunate enough to have been the prey of the giant cave hyena Researching the famous fossil site of Dragon Bone Hill in China scientists Noel T Boaz and Russell L Ciochon retell the story of the caves unique species of early human Homo erectus Boaz and Ciochon take readers on a gripping scientific odyssey New evidence shows that Homo erectus was an opportunist who rode a tide of environmental change out Africa and into Eurasia puddlejumping from one gene pool to the next Armed with a shaky hold on fire and some sharp rocks Homo erectus incredibly survived for over 15 million years much longer than our own species Homo sapiens has been on Earth Telltale marks on fossil bones show that the lives of these early humans were brutal ruled by hunger and who could strike the hardest blow yet there are fleeting glimpses of human compassion as well The small brain of Homo erectus and its strangely unchanging culture indicate that the species could not talk Part of that primitive culture included ritualized aggression to which the extremely thick skulls of Homo erectus bear mute witness Both a vivid recreation of the unimagined way of life of a prehistoric species so similar yet so unlike us and a fascinating exposition of how modern multidisciplinary research can test hypotheses in human evolution Dragon Bone Hill is science writing at its best. Knopf 1991. Simon & . Schuster 2003. Cannibalism. Survival. Gustatory. Ritualistic or Incorporative. Cannibalism. Survival. Stephen King. “Survivor Type”. 1985. Cannibalism. Survival. Gustatory. 4 million to 1 million BCE. Southern and Eastern Africa. Australopithecines - Walking Upright . What Mary Leakey and Donald . Johanson. found were Australopithecines, a humanlike being what walked upright.. By Kelly, Max, . Meheak. , and Adrian.. Table Of Contents. Table of Contents. Introduction. Dates and Places. How They Looked. Daily Life. Clothing. Tools . Fire. Food. Ceremony, Cave Paintings, and Language. Origins of Genus Homo. Early Hominids. Australopithicines. splitting into 2 groups:. Robust – A. . aethiopicus. , A. . boisei. , A. . robustus. Large teeth and jaws, some with pronounced . sagittal. upright man . . HOMO ERECTUS . BY: BRENDAN, HANNAH, KENNEDY, AND JACOB. INTRODUCTION. TODAY . WE WILL TELL YOU . ABOUT . THE HOMO ERECTUS. WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT . THEIR . DAILY LIFE, DATES AND PLACES OF . . aka. Homo erectus . pekinensis. aka. . Sinanthropus. Class Slides Set # 26A. Tim Roufs’ section. Time . 23 July 2001. Time . 23 July 2001. Homo. Genus. Homo. Species. rudolfensis. . ( “early” ). Australopithecus Questions. 1. Who was Lucy and what was so special about her?. 2. Where were Australopithecus located?. 3. What did the Australopithecus use for tools ? . Australopithecus Answers. helby. . Althuizen. aelee. Downing . ryan. . Forouzeh. Table of Contents . Slide 2: Table of Contents. Slide 3: Dates and Places of Existence. Slide 4: Description of Physical Appearance. Slide 5: Description of Shelters. Cultural Evolution. This is the transmission of knowledge from generation to generation.. Knowledge is stored in the memory, and in written or pictorial form.. Culture is the verbal and written transmission of ideas, beliefs, customs and values of individuals and societies.. The answers! Please use . integrity when you correct.. Australopithecus Questions. 1. Who was Lucy and what was so special about her?. 2. Where were Australopithecus located?. 3. What did the Australopithecus use for tools ? . 2 Divisions of Primates. 1. Anthropoid primates. 2. . Prosimean. primates. Characteristics:. Nails (no claws). Prehensile hands and feet (grasping). Color vision and depth perception. Anthropoid Primates. Homo. Chapter . 8. Introduction. What separates hominins from hominids? (the humans from the apes). One thing is tool use. Chimpanzees and other primates use tools, but not to the extent that humans do. pekinensis. aka. . Sinanthropus. Class Slides Set # 26A. Tim Roufs’ section. Time . 23 July 2001. Time . 23 July 2001. Homo. Genus. Homo. Species. rudolfensis. . ( “early” ). habilis. . ( “early” ). Simon & . Schuster 2003. Cannibalism. Survival. Gustatory. Ritualistic or Incorporative. Cannibalism. Survival. Stephen King. “Survivor Type”. 1985. Cannibalism. Survival. Gustatory. Cannibalism.