PPT-EARLY HOMINID EVOLUTION:

httpwwwwsuedugenedlearnmodulestoplongfortimeline01notesdefinitionshtml Sahelanthropus tchadensis 7 mya fossils of six and perhaps as many as nine individuals oldest hominid. Hominid Evolution in a Macroevolutionary Perspective (Greg Laden) PAGE 3 Clearly, any hypothesis that directly links bipedalism to lithic technology (or large brains or any other later event) is fals Chapter 1. Prehistory – 2300 B.C.. Lesson 1: Early Humans. Lesson 2: The Neolithic Revolution. Lesson 3: Mesopotamia. Bellringer. Question. What do . archaeology. and . anthropology. ,. and history. 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.. Lecture Outline What Is a Hominid? How can we identify one? Review Bipedality PostCranial Structure Dentition Cranial Features PreHomoHominid Sites Early Hominids? Sahelanthropus tchadensis Orrorin tu 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. 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. Hominid Brain Evolution P Thomas Schoenemann Understag brain evolution involves identifying both the physical chnges that occurred, as well as understanding the reasons for these chnges. There are t Ancient hominid fossils not accepted as ancestors. Biases in fossil record (from 19. th. century):. Fossil remains of species not that old (Homo erectus & Neanderthal). Found in Asia and Europe. Highlights of what you need to remember:. LEQ: What experiments led to the development of the scientific explanation for the origin of life? . LEQ: How can we use endosymbiosis to support the theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells. . Lesson 2.1. Vocabulary. Kevin W. .. Prehistory. Definition. : The time before there was writing.. To study prehistory, historians rely on the work of archaeologists and anthropologists.. An artifact from prehistory.. 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. How are we similar?. How are we different?. Apes and Humans. Ape Family Tree. What about our relation to Apes?. ?. Questions to consider. :. When did we evolve?. Where did we come from?. How did we evolve?. Kingdom Animal. Phylum Chordate. Class Mammal. Order Primates. Family Hominids. Genus Homo. Species Sapiens. Important Vocabulary. Paleoanthropologist. I don’t expect you to know this, but knowing . the order of the geological periods can help . you make sense of what we’ll be discussing.. What helped me was this little mnemonic.. Come Over Some Day, Might Play Poker. Three.