PPT-Human Evolution The beginning: 10 million years ago in Africa

Climatic change Getting drier Unbroken tropical forests becoming a patchwork of woodland and savanna The split Sometime around 7 mybp east African primates began on an evolutionary path distinct from central and west African primates . 5 15 million years ago brPage 4br ANCIENT FLORIDA 4 million years ago brPage 5br ANCIENT FLORIDA 4 25 million years ago brPage 6br ANCIENT FLORIDA 15 million years ago brPage 7br ANCIENT FLORIDA 150 100 thousand years ago brPage 8br PRESENT FLORIDA Fifty years ago in 1949 Henry A Gillenwater then a floor supervisor at a local aircraft plant cashed in his war bonds to make a down payment of 2750 or 41 on his 6750 house EMEMBER THE film The Money Pit where a young couple bought what they thought brPage 1br Beginning Tutorials brPage 2br Beginning Tutorials brPage 3br Beginning Tutorials brPage 4br Beginning Tutorials brPage 5br Beginning Tutorials brPage 6br 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. Origin of Life. Fossils as evidence for evolution. Fossils show how much, or how little, organisms have changed over time. .. Fossils of the simplest organisms are found in the oldest rocks, and fossils of more complex organisms in the newest rocks. . South . african. flag. The . meaning. . of. the flag. For example, in 2008 the KwaZulu-Natal Premier . Sibusiso. Ndebele attributed the following meanings in an official speech. :. black . = black, Indian and . 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.”. SS7CG3 The student will analyze how politics in Africa impacts standard of living. . a. . Compare how various factors, including gender, affect access to education in Kenya and Sudan. . b. . Describe the impact of government stability on the distribution of resources to combat AIDS and famine across Africa.. 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.