PPT-Australopithecus

The First Species of Man Discovered This project was made and presented by Giselle Janeth Kyle Taylor C Hi class Today we will be learning about the Australopithecus and we will be having some questions at the end so please pay attention to the slide show. Australopithecus N PeninjN Lake To Modern Man. Paleolithic Age. Paleolithic. means . – Old Stone Age. 1. Lucy . – Australopithecus . Afarensis. 1. Lucy . – Australopithecus . Afarensis. Lucy’s group, Australopithecus . Afarensis. Created by: . Leana, . Lindsay, . a. n. d. . Colton . . Introduction. Follow us as we go on a journey back to the past! We will learn all about the Australopithecus lifestyle. We shall learn where and when they lived, their appearance, and even more!. By Cassidy , Megan, Tanner, Lucas. Introduction. . Click, crunch, click, crunch; . that is the sound of an Australopithecus roaming in the grass. . S. peaking of . Australopithecus, . today you will learn stuff about . 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. Australopithecus Questions. 1. Who was Lucy and what was so special about her?. 2. Where were Australopithecus located?. 3. What did the Australopithecus use for tools ? . Australopithecus Answers. History Club. Lucy. Lucy was the first human ancestor that was primarily made up of bones.. Lucy is 3.5 million years old.. Lucy is 3.5 ft. tall.. Kingdom. : Animalia (Animals). Phylum: Chordata. (Having a spine). The answers! Please use . integrity when you correct.. Australopithecus Questions. 1. Who was Lucy and what was so special about her?. 2. Where were Australopithecus located?. 3. What did the Australopithecus use for tools ? . Adventure Game. By: Brian Bae, Joseph Chong, and Neha Khandelwal. You are an archaeologist in training and your professor wants you to analyze multiple fossils in different parts of the world. Your assignment is to imagine a story for the various fossils you have to analyze. The first site you need to visit is in . (Skulls) . Types of Primate Skulls . Homo Sapiens . Homo Erectus . Homo Neanderthalensis . Australopithecus Boisei . Australopithecus Afarensis . Chimpanzee . Gorilla . Characteristics of Each Primate Skull . million years ago . Homo habilis . 2.4 . million years ago . Homo erectus . 1.8 . million years ago . Homo sapiens . 280,000 . years ago . Evolution. . a . fact. not a theory. . “change over time”. 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. Kingdom Animal. Phylum Chordate. Class Mammal. Order Primates. Family Hominids. Genus Homo. Species Sapiens. Important Vocabulary. Paleoanthropologist. B) were smaller than later . Paranthropus. C) were more closely related to gibbons than to chimps. D) were bipedal. E) all of the above. 2) genetic variation within modern extant humans indicates. A) that all modern humans have (relatively) recent African ancestry.