evolution

6. • Biological evolution was based
on the theory of evolution that
Charles Darwin introduced
• Species was not created at one
time in a fixed form

11. Fossils and artifactsFossils
Human, plant and animal remains
that have been preserved through
time
Artifacts
Objects that were made and
used by humans

16. Ardipithecus

18. Characteristics
• Brain sized of about 500 cubic centimeter/ 1/3 of the
human brain
• Upright
• Biped
• Tool users only
• Used sticks and stones for digging
• Lived in small social group
• Distance of movement 15 kilometers
• Food scavengers
• Ate insects, eggs plants, fruits and sometimes meat

20. • Robust australopithecine
–Had large teeth and jaw and
muscular in built
• Gracile australopithecine
–Had small teeth and jaw

21. Australopithecus afarensis
• Common ancestor
of australopithecus
afarensis
• “Lucy” –
discovered in
Hadar, Ethiopeia
November 1974
by Donald
Johanson

22. Homo
• Classified as humans and not
humanlike creatures because they
have bigger brains and were
bipedal
–Homo habilis(Handy man)
–Homo Erectus(upright man)
–Homo Sapiens(wise man)

23. Homo Habilis- direct ancestors
of modern human
• Height(3-4 feet)
• Brain size half of the human(700
cc)
• Made tools called Oldowan,
which were used as cutting tools
• Used tools for hunting and
agthering

24. Homo ergaster- where Homo
erectus came from
• Charcaters of Homo Erectus
–Brain sized of 1000 cc or 2/3 of
human brain
–Height 5 feet
–Walks upright

25. Homo erectus
• Believed to be more intelligent and more
adaptable compared to Habilis
• Manifest cultural evolution
• Makes complex tools( skillful hunters)
• First to use fire and live in caves and
small houses
• First to use spoken language
• First Homo to leave africa

26. • First Homo fossil was
discovered in Longgupo Cave
in China
• Trinil, Java Indonesia by Eugen
Dubois (Java Man)
• Zhoukoudian China (peking
Man)
Homo erectus

27. Homo Sapiens-Considered as modern
humans
• Large brain sized 1400 cc
• Lived in shelters
• Food gatherers
• Ate plants and fruits
• Hunted animals
• Learned to gather and cooked shellfish
• Used fire
• Crafted metals

28. • Cro-Magnon- first fossil skeleton to
be considered as Homo sapiens
species known as Homo Sapiens
Sapiens
• Discovered in France, Europe
–5 ½ feet
–Strong body
–Brain 1400 cc

29. Discuss the important
biological, sociocultural and
economic developments
that happened from the
time of the hominid to
Homo Sapiens.

31. Draw the biological and
cultural developments
of Hominids to Homo
Sapiens.