PPT-Human evolution! The human evolution story begins in Africa about 6 million years ago.

Over 6 million years our apelike 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 . Variation in Living Things. SPECIES  - Group of organisms that interbreed. VARIATION - small differences between individuals of a species  . Some neither helpful nor harmful  . Some enable organism to be better suited to its environment.. Assessment Statements. Outline. . the method for dating rocks and fossils using radioisotopes, with references to . 14. C and . 40. K.. Define half-life. Deduce the approximate age of materials based on a simple decay curve for a radioisotope.. 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. Bio . HL. Full Classification of Humans. Kingdom - . Animalia. Phylum - . Chordata. Class - Mammalia. Order - . Primata. Family - . Hominidae. Genus - Homo. Species - Homo sapiens. subspecies - H. s. sapiens. Evolutionary tree of apes and humans based on cleavage maps of mtDNA. Figure compares restriction fragments in humans and gorillas for two different enzmes.. Bands change due to point mutations in restriction sites.. Sushrut Thorat | Manasvita Vashisth. What is Abstraction?. Abstraction is the process of taking away or removing characteristics from something to reduce it to some set of essential characteristics. .. © Student Handouts, Inc.. First Theories of Human Evolution. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species. . (1859). First to link biological diversity to evolution. Thomas Huxley. Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature. Chapters 34, 41, and 44. Go back! We f*#ked everything up. Humans and Apes. Homo sapiens . characteristics. Bipedal. Larger brains. Language. Symbolic thought. Artistic expression. Use complex 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. Part 1: From ape-like ancestors to modern humans. Part 2: What makes us human? Evolution and adaptation in modern humans. How do scientists study human evolution? . HYPOTHESIS. Prediction. Observation. And Race. Problem:. A proverbial Martian anthropologist is given the task of. classifying the great apes. For simplicity these are the human,. chimpanzee, orangutan, and gorilla.. Which is the “odd species out?” . A . girl looks through the replica of a . neanderthal. skull displayed in the new Neanderthal Museum in the northern town of . Krapina. , February 25, 2010. The high-tech, multimedia museum, with exhibitions depicting the evolution from 'Big Bang' to present day. . Kingdom Animal. Phylum Chordate. Class Mammal. Order Primates. Family Hominids. Genus Homo. Species Sapiens. Important Vocabulary. Paleoanthropologist. Mike Riddle. m.riddle@verizon.net. www.train2equip.com. www.icr.org. Topics. A history of apemen – the track record. Two case studies. Neandertals. Australopithecines and Lucy. How evolution hinders critical thinking.