evolution of modern man from ape like ancestors.

1. Human evolution
Meet your ancestors!

2. ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF
MAN
• About 15 mya, primates
called Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus we
re existing.
• They were hairy and walked like gorillas
and chimpanzees.
• Ramapithecus was more man-like
while Dryopithecus was more ape-like.
• Few fossils of man-like bones have been
discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania

3. dryopithecus
• Hairy ,Walked like gorilla,chimpangees

5. • Early Great Apes Dryopithecus africans
• Left the trees ca. 20 million years ago
• Bipedalism by at least 6 Ma .arms and
legs of same length.

6. Ramapithecus(man like)
• Jaws ,teeth like
humans
• Could walk like errct
on its hind feet
• Walked upright

7. Jaws and teeth like humans

8. Australopithecus
1st ape man
• Lived in E.arican
grass land
• 2 mya
• Hunted with stone
weapons but ate fruits
• Errect posture
• Bipedal locomotion

9. australopithecus
• Brain capacity=600 cc

10. • Australopithecines probably fed in forested
areas and would emerge into more open
grasslands to scavenge and also grub for
roots and tubers.

15. Homo habilis
• Homo habilis which
lived from 2.5 million
years ago until 1.6
million years ago,
• Bipedal locomotion
• Errect did not eat
meat
• Brain capacity 650-
800 cc

16. • It is believed that
Homo habilis were
the first hominids to
create and use tools.

17. Homo erectus
• Discovered in java.
• 1.5 mya
• Brain capacity 900 cc
• Ate meat

18. • Historians believe that Homo erectus
began as gatherers but advanced over
many generations into hunters.
• With the discovery of fire, Homo erectus
became even more adept at survival.

19. Homo erectus which lived from 1.8
million years ago to 100,000 years
ago, and

20. Homo sapianens neanderthalensis
• 1,00,000 to 40,000
yrs.
• Brain 1400 cc
• Walked upright
• Hides to protect their
body
• Buried dead

23. • Neandertals which lived from 230,000 years ago
until 30,000 years ago.
• What makes these animals so interesting is that
they are our genetic ancestors and our
evolutionary cousins.
• These species represent a very small part of the
unbroken evolutionary tree from those first living
organisms that appeared 3.5 billion years ago to
every living thing on planet Earth today,
including us!

24. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
It is believed that modern humans
like you and I first originated on the
Earth around 50,000 years ago in
Africa.

25. • As Homo sapiens sapiens migrated
outward from Africa, it is believed that they
wiped out Neanderthals, either by
absorbing them through intermarriage, or
by destroying them through war and
competition.

26. Homosapiens
• 75,000 -10,000 yrs ago
• Cave art development
• Hominids evolved and developed
for millions of years prior to the
arrival of Homo sapiens on the
Earth.
• This evolution was slow.
• The development of a new skill, or
tool often took thousands of years.
• With the arrival of Homo sapiens,
this all changed. The speed of
advancements increased
dramatically.
• Instead of thousands of years,
great progress was made in
hundreds or even dozens of
years.

31. FROM APE TO MODERN MAN

32. TIME
PERIO
D
NAME BRAIN
CAPACITY
REMARKS
15 mya DRYOPITHECUS EAST AFRICA, ASIA; CLOSELY
RELATED TO CHIMPANZEE; MORE
APE LIKE,HAIRY, ARMS AND LEGS OF
SAME LENGTH
RAMAPITHECUS MAN LIKE; SHIVALIK HILLS; ERECT
POSTURE; TEETH LIKE MODERN MAN
2mya AUSTRALOPITHECUS(
CAVE DWELLERS)
500 CC 4 FEET TALL,WALKE UPRIGHT,
HUNTED WITH STONE WEAPONS; ATE
FRUITS;AFRICAN APE MAN;
Homo habilis 650-800 cc FIRST HUMAN LIKE BEING, Hominid;
TOOL MAKER; COMMUNITY LIFE.DID
NOT EAT MEAT
1.5 mya Homo erectus 900 CC KNEW HOW TO USE FIRE, LARGE
TEETH, ATE MEAT
100000-
40000
NEANDERTHAL MAN 1450 CC EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA;USED
HIDES TO PROTECT THEIR BODY AND
BURIED THEIR DEAD.
75000-
10000
Homo sapiens 1650 cc AROSE DURING ICE AGE;MODERN
MAN; HEIGHT 1.5 TO 1.8 MTS ; FLAT
FACE;
18000 PRE HISTORIC CAVE ART

33. • Around 8,000 years ago a
new way of providing
food emerged. This
revolutionary
advancement was that of
farming.
• Instead of hunting and
gathering food from the
environments where they
lived, humans learned to
simply grow their own
food.