PPT-Hominin Evolution: Stone Tools Overview

Stone Tool Sequence Oldowan Australopithecus garhi and Homo habilis Acheulian Homo erectus Mousterian Neanderthals 5 different industries Solutrean Magdalenian Homo sapiens Oldowan. By: Abby and Ryan. The First Shelters. Before people built houses they lived in trees, then in caves.. In time men learned to make simple tools, first out of stone, then much later metal.. They also learned to form clay blocks, which were dried in the sun.. Early people. By comparing and analyzing artifacts, researchers believe that early people lived in parts of East Africa nearly 3.5 million years ago.. Archaeologists believe that humans moved, or MIGRATED, from East Africa to Europe and Asia thousands of years ago.. Paleolithic Era. Mesolithic Era. Neolithic Era. .. 6.2 Provide textual evidence that characterizes the nomadic hunter-gatherer societies of the Paleolithic Age (their use of tools and fire, basic hunting weapons, beads and other jewelry). . Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages. Bell Ringer. Group A. What do you see? . What do you think these footprints feel like? . Group B. Write a one-paragraph (4-6 sentences). . story about the person who left these footprints.. Josh and Oscar and . Keira. and Charlie Platt. . What did they eat. The stone age people ate edible plants such as stinging nettles, dandelions and herbs. they also gathered hard nuts and juicy, red berries.. Why . might people in the Stone Age have . needed. tools . and weapons? . What . would they be . used. for. ? . In the . Palaeolithic. period, or early stone age, humans developed great skill at fashioning beautiful tools such as hand axes.. (The Neolithic Era). 6,000 to 12,000 years ago. The New Stone Age (The Neolithic Era). During the . Neolithic Era. , people began to settle in one place.. Review Questions!. 1. How is Neolithic culture different from Paleolithic? . Tim Roufs. © 2010-2014. www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/aftexts.html#title. Diet and Evolution:. What Did Hominines Eat?. ca. . 7 – 1.8 . mya. . Tim Roufs. © 2010-2014. u. se your up/down arrow keys and/or . Flintknapping. Virtuosity. Sarah . Strowmatt. Research Question. What criteria are used to measure quality in . flintknapping. ?. Virtuosity: The technical skill, fluency, or style exhibited by the maker of a composition.. ’. v. e. made us human. Chimpanzee Tools. Stones for cracking nuts. Branches for termite fishing. Spears to hunt bush babies. Earliest tools. 3.3 million years old. Lomekwi. . 3 site, Kenya. Australopithecus. Mechanisms of concerted evolution. Unequal cross-over. Gene conversion: non-reciprocal transfer of information between homologous sequences; the main mechanism invoked to explain concerted evolution. an extinct . common ancestor with primates. Primate features. Opposable thumbs – thumbs can touch fingers. This allows for grasping objects and climbing. Large forward-facing eyes and flattened face to allow for stereoscopic (3D) vision. Antonina M Delu April 2007 OCCASIONAL PUBLICATION NUMBER 12 INSTITUTE FOR MESOAMERICAN STUDIES The University at Albany State University of New York Albany New York 12222ABSTRACT The Ground Stone Tool of . the Red . Queen. CfE. . Advanced Higher Biology. Unit . 2: . Organisms and Evolution. SQA mandatory key information. A change in the traits of one species acts as a selection pressure on the other species. .