PDF-(BOOS)-The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Humans

This book tells the story of human evolution the epic of Homo sapiens and its colorful precursors and relatives The story begins in Africa six to seven million years ago and encompasses twenty known human species of which Homo sapiens is the sole survivor Illustrated with spectacular threedimensional scientific reconstructions portrayed in their natural habitat developed by a team of physical anthropologists at the American Museum of Natural History and in concert with experts from around the world the book is both a guide to extinct human species and an astonishing hominid family photo albumThe Last Human presents a comprehensive account of each species with information on its emergence chronology geographic range classification physiology lifestyle habitat environment cultural achievements coexisting species and possible reasons for extinction Also included are summaries of fossil discoveries controversies and publications What emerges from the fossil story is a new understanding of Homo sapiens No longer credible is the notion that our species is the end product of a single lineage improved over generations by natural selection Rather the fossil record shows we are a species with widely varied precursors and our family tree is characterized by many branchings and repeated extinctionsExhibition informationPhotographs of most of the reconstructions that appear in this book will be featured in exhibits appearing in the new Hall of Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City  The opening of the Hall is planned for November 2006. Presenters. Todd Miller. IS Program Manger. Spokane Regional Health District. 1101 W. College Ave.. Spokane, WA 99201. (509)324-1689. trmiller@srhd.org. Naci Seyhanli. Health Program Specialist 2 (Video Production). © Student Handouts, Inc.. First Theories of Human Evolution. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species. . (1859). First to link biological diversity to evolution. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Objectives. 1. To learn the structure of a volcano. 2. To know that volcanoes can be dormant, active and extinct. key words. Earthquake, volcano, plate margin, plates.. Structure of a Volcano.. Structure of a Volcano.. By:. (insert your name here). My species I am researching is . (insert species here). Find a species from these websites: . http://. science.discovery.com/creatures/10-extinct-species.htm. http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/recently-extinct-animals-list-470209#slide-1. America and the Great War. Chapter Twenty-One: . America and the Great War. The “Big Stick”: America and the World, 1901-1917. The Great War and the U.S.. From Local to Global: The war started in the remote Balkans with the Austrian invasion of Serbia in August 1914, but would become a global conflict in a matter of weeks.. Who are we? . Where did we come from? . What is the human genealogy? . These are basic questions that we all ask. Humans did not evolve . from. Apes. You are . descended. from your mother and father. Sasikanth. . Kancherla. Background. 1996- Dolly, cloning has been an ethical issue ever since.. Animal cloning has been made possible, but still very temperamental.. 277 attempts to clone a sheep. It is possible to recreate an organism simply from its DNA and a surrogate.. 7 billion and growing. How can humans cause population decline in other species?. “As dead as a dodo”. humans . Mauritius, . dogs. pigs. cats. rats. nests, . forests. Four ways humans can cause population decline are:. When a population decreases significantly, . the species . can . become . extinct, endangered or threatened.. Extinctions. 99.9% of all species that ever lived on Earth are now extinct. . Extinction appears to be a natural cycle and part of our changing Earth, but the cause of early extinctions are a cause for concern.. Extinction. . Animal. . extinctions may be caused by natural . or . cooling . oroccurrences. such as climatic heating . changes in sea levels .In more modern times however . human . activity has been to . B. y . Demian. . Bilokoz. Form 5. “. Sosny. ” school. Teacher V.N. . Sharapova. 2014. DODO. The Dodo (. Raphus. . cucullatus. ) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. . Why is it important ?. Animals are important because :. If a specie dies the whole eco system will destroy. If a specie dies another specie could die too because there is a food chain. . What are killing animals . Constructive Response Questions. Describe what early humans were like and why they migrated out of Africa?. Trace the development of the Agricultural Revolution as well as its causes and effects.. What are we going to learn?. Over 6 million years . our ape-like ancestors evolved into upright walking, tool using and cultural modern humans, spreading out across the globe. There have been many different hominid species in the past, but only one – .