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All humans share certain components of tooth structure but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations Research has advanced on many fronts since the publication of the first edition which has become a seminal work on the subject This revised and updated edition introduces new ideas in dental genetics and ontogeny and summarizes major historical problems addressed by dental morphology The detailed descriptions of 29 dental variables are fully updated with current data and include details of a new webbased application for using crown and root morphology to evaluate ancestry in forensic cases A new chapter describes what constitutes a modern human dentition in the context of the hominin fossil record. To Modern Man. Paleolithic Age. Paleolithic. means . – Old Stone Age. 1. Lucy . – Australopithecus . Afarensis. 1. Lucy . – Australopithecus . Afarensis. Lucy’s group, Australopithecus . Afarensis. Hominids.  family of organism that includes humans. Earliest subgroup of primates. FAMILY is a classification level between ORDER and GENUS. First appeared between 6 and 7 million ears ago. Has evolved several times..we can tell by looking at fossil evidence…Skulls in particular. Chapter 2. Early Hominids. Hominids. Prehistoric humans. Paleoanthropologists. Anthropologists study human development and culture.. Paleoanthropologists specialize in studying the earliest hominids.. #1 - #6. . . . . or how to make sense. out of. Ch. 2 and Ch. 3 of the text . . .. Major Periods in the History of Physical Anthropology. “Pre-Scientific Period” (to 1859). Period of Evolutionism and Concern over Races (1860 - ca. 1940). Divergent evolution- starts the same, then the differences add up. Divergent evolution in butterflies. Divergent evolution in butterflies. Human Taxonomy. Starts general, ends specific. Domain . Eukarya. of . Language. Part 2. Tonal Language Example. Mandarin Tone Use . Word Intonation Meaning. ba [/] to uproot. ba [--] eight. ba [\/] to hold. 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. Vicky . Lee. Charles . darwin’s. prediction . The Descent of Man. “In each great region of the world the living mammals are closely related to the extinct species of the same region. It is therefore probable that Africa was formerly inhabited by extinct apes closely allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee; and as these two species are now man's nearest allies, it is somewhat more probable that our early progenitors lived on the African continent than elsewhere.”. Vicky . Lee. Charles . darwin’s. prediction . The Descent of Man. “In each great region of the world the living mammals are closely related to the extinct species of the same region. It is therefore probable that Africa was formerly inhabited by extinct apes closely allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee; and as these two species are now man's nearest allies, it is somewhat more probable that our early progenitors lived on the African continent than elsewhere.”. (13 billion years ago) The Big Bang. . Story of Physics . (nature and interaction of matter, energy, space, and time). (300, 000 years later) The first atoms formed. . Story of Chemistry . (nature and interaction of atoms and molecules). 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?” . INTRODUCTION. Evolution is a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.. Biological evolution is defined as organisms reproducing but experiencing changes with each generation. Evolution can happen in a small and large context. There are small genetic changes between generations, as well as large changes that happen over multiple generations.. Yusuke Yoshioka. 1. , Tetsuya Nakatsura. 2. , Takahiro Ochiya. 1. Tokyo Medical University. National Cancer Center. Extracellular vesicles (. Exosome. ). Lipid (. Ceramide. . etc. ). microRNA (. miRNA. Big Question: What more than anything shaped the lives of early humans???. Important Words. Prehistory:. Hominid:. Anthropologist:. Paleontologist:. Archaeologist:. Artifact: . C. arbon Dating: . Culture:.