PPT-Humans and the Pleistocene

Megafaunal Extinction Kelsey T Stilson Cultural and Climate Revolution Migrations change both humans and the ecosystem Novel System Stepped Global Extinction Events Barnosky AD Koch PL . Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash Ethiopia Tim D White Berhane Asfaw David DeGusta Henry Gilbert Gary D Richards Gen Suwa F Clark H Morgan Monz. Outline . Locations . Modern climates. Evidence for pluvial Lakes . Pleistocene . glaciation. . Specific pluvial lakes. Location . Victoria . Tanganyika. Malawi . (http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/figures/1471-2148-5-17-1-l.jpg). © 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. Pleistocene animal, see The Pleistocene Zoo lesson for some ideas (http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09newworld/background/edu/media/zoo.pdf).Five of the Haystacks should contain three or fou © 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. out of. Chs. . 9 and 11 . of the text . . .. Prehistoric Cultures. Tim Roufs’ section ©2009. Class Slides Set. . 17A. Early Hominins. . Introduction . to . Early Hominins. . Australopithecus . garhi. Second Reason. : Humans matter more than animals because only humans are self-aware (or have the potential for self-awareness).. The fact that the human being can have the representation “I” raises him infinitely above all the other beings on earth. By this he is a person....that is, a being altogether different in rank and dignity from things, such as irrational animals, with which one may deal and dispose at one's discretion.. Do Now: Type of Learner Survey. Unit Essential Question: What was life like in early times, and how did it change as civilizations began to develop?. Setting the Stage: Who are we?. Prehistory. – the long period of time before people invented writing. Roughly about 5,000 years ago.. By: Alex Bauman. Do you think that humans are the sole reason for the extinctions?. Scientists Continue to Disagree. Changes in habitat. Hunting by humans. Combination of both reasons. Woolly Mammoths. By: Alex Bauman. Do you think that humans are the sole reason for the extinctions?. Scientists Continue to Disagree. Changes in habitat. Hunting by humans. Combination of both reasons. Woolly Mammoths. ABSTRACT The appendicular skeleton (scapula, humerus, ulnae, radii, metacarpals, pollical phalanges, hip bone, femora, tibiae and �bula) of the Neandertal infant from Kiik-Koba (Crimea), K ABSTRACT. Joe . D. . Dragovich. 1. , . James H. . MacDonald, Jr.. 2. , . Shannon A. . Mahan. 3. , . Megan L. . Anderson. 4. , . Jr., S. Andrew . DuFrane. 5. , . Curtis J. . Koger. 6. , . Daniel T. . Smith. glacio-eustatic. fluctuations?. Cecilia M. McHugh. Queens College. City University of New York &. The Graduate Center of CUNY. Scientific Ocean Drilling History. Project Mohole: 1958-1966. Deep Sea Drilling Program: 1968-1983. The best way to preserve an ecosystem is . by . rewilding. Basic terms. Trophic cascade . – Predators influence the abundance and behavior of prey. Prey abundance can be reduced if there are predators nearby, or prey can hide or move further. When the influence of a predator on its prey is so large that it reduces the trophic level at another level of the food chain (which affects the density of prey, in our case – vegetation), this is called a trophic cascade. .