PPT-EVOLUTION OF HUMANS Disclaimer: This is not the final answer to the question of how human

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 . 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.. 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. Bio . HL. Full Classification of Humans. Kingdom - . Animalia. Phylum - . Chordata. Class - Mammalia. Order - . Primata. Family - . Hominidae. Genus - Homo. Species - Homo sapiens. subspecies - H. s. sapiens. 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.. Sushrut Thorat | Manasvita Vashisth. What is Abstraction?. Abstraction is the process of taking away or removing characteristics from something to reduce it to some set of essential characteristics. .. 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. 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 – . Part 1: From ape-like 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. Evidence of Evolution For Non-Biologists Darwin Day Indiana University Southeast February 10, 2011 Kentucky State Fair August 2011 and 2012 Skepticamp Kentucky June 9, 2012 Darwin Day Reasonable Living Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Charles Darwin—A Summary. British Naturalist. Sailed aboard the . H.M.S. Beagle in 1831. Observed the wide variety of different animals in the Galapagos Islands on this trip. 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. 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.