PPT-The Story of Human Evolution

Part 1 From apelike ancestors to modern humans Part 2 What makes us human Evolution and adaptation in modern humans How do scientists study human evolution HYPOTHESIS Prediction Observation. Adapted from https. ://sites.google.com/site/highlandhsp3m/unit-1-what-makes-us-human. What does being human mean to you?. What distinguishes humans from animals?. Take a moment an think. REALLY think.. 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. Evolutionary tree of apes and humans based on cleavage maps of mtDNA. Figure compares restriction fragments in humans and gorillas for two different enzmes.. Bands change due to point mutations in restriction sites.. Chapters 34, 41, and 44. Go back! We f*#ked everything up. Humans and Apes. Homo sapiens . characteristics. Bipedal. Larger brains. Language. Symbolic thought. Artistic expression. Use complex tools. 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. Over 6 million years . our ape-like ancestors evolved into upright walking, tool using and cultural modern humans, spreading out across the globe. There have been many different hominid species in the past, but only one – . Introduction – Human . Evolution. Mosaic Evolution: . ________________________. With respect to human evolution:. . _____________________. Developed at varying times along our evolutionary history . Human skeletal changes due to . bipedalism. Bipedalism. occurred approximately 4 . mya. .. This has led to . morphological. alterations to the . human skeleton. including changes to the arrangement and size of the bones of the foot, . 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. . This interdisciplinary book interprets early human evolution in the context of the local ecology and specific habitats. It assesses carefully the possible role of climate change in driving early human evolution. Bringing an ecological and biogeographic perspective to recent fossil finds, the book provides a new synthesis of ideas on hominid evolution. It will be a valuable resource for researchers in physical, biological, or paleoanthropology, evolutionary biology or biogeography. *Running Time => 10 hrs. and 3 mins.*The idea that evolution enables specific behaviors to come naturally to anyone is a profoundly unhelpful way to understand ourselves and our species.A great deal of evidence surrounding what humans are like and the conditions that shape human evolution recently surfaced, and it\'s time to re-examine the origins of the human species. In the past seven million years, many humans have moved away from the tropical forests of Africa and into air-conditioned homes. While the journeys our ancestors took are still being investigated today, we can piece together a significant portion of the narrative using a wide range of disciplines. Lesley Newson and Peter J. Richerson, a husband-and-wife team with backgrounds in biology from the University of California, Davis, have assembled a story of the evolutionary journey of humankind.In \'THE STORY OF US\', Newson and Richerson illustrate the process of gene-culture coevolution by taking readers through seven stages of human evolution. They begin with the life of the ape seven million years ago, moving through and beyond the modern homosapien. Newson and Richerson reveal how life has changed throughout time, offering narrative sections in addition to the hard science to illustrate the problems our ancestors faced and what they did to overcome them. The book offers insight into the environment, resources, culture, and more, making it easy for readers to imagine what life was like at different stages throughout human history.Not only does \'THE STORY OF US\' depict how complex networks of caring, sharing, and competition have developed over time, but the book also delves into the creation of culture. The resulting book explains why the human psyche is more malleable than any other animal\'s on our earth.©2020 Lesley Newson, Pete Richerson (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Mike Riddle. m.riddle@verizon.net. www.train2equip.com. www.icr.org. Topics. A history of apemen – the track record. Two case studies. Neandertals. Australopithecines and Lucy. How evolution hinders critical thinking.