Homo sapiens evolved from earlier species of humans and apes over millions of years. Key developments included bipedalism, larger brains, usage of tools and fire, and adaptation of diverse diets. Neanderthals and Denisovans were ancient human relatives with whom Homo sapiens interbred. The scavenger hunt highlighted anatomical changes in species like Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo heidelbergensis that coincided with cultural and dietary developments.
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Anth 330
Fall 2015
Summation paper
This is a summation document so there is no right or wrong answer but I do want to see that you put some serious thought into your response.
I have found that a great many people know very little about human evolution. There tends to be more fiction than fact out there. Other than a few bits of historical fact and fiction (mostly concerning Charles Darwin) many people have a poor understanding of the historical development of the concept of biological evolution and the Western World’s concept of time.
1. Briefly summarize your understanding of the concept of human evolution and geological/archaeological time before you took this course. I expect your answer to be at least 2 pages and no more than three.
2. How have your concepts on these subjects changed having taken this course?
-What are the TWO most interesting ideas that you have gleaned from the readings or lecture material? I expect your answer to be at least 2 pages and no more than three.
3. Has any information touched on in this class made you think about taking any further course work in the subject area?
1
Lecture 7
Lecture Summary
In this lecture will continue the text’s discussion of bipedalism. This lecture will also
provide some further information on the early hominids: Ardipithecus, Australopithecus,
and Homo and their associated biocultural evolution.
Bipedalism
Perhaps the most crucial change in early hominid evolution was the development of
bipedal locomotion – walking on two legs. We know from the fossil record that other
important changes such as the expansion of the brain, modification of the female pelvis to
allow bigger-brained babies to be born, and significant reduction of the face, teeth, and
jaws, did not occur until about 2 million years after the emergence of bipedalism. Be
familiar with the specific anatomical features associated with bipedalism as described in
chapter 6 of your text.
Why did we evolve to become bipedal? There are at least 6 different models that have
been proposed to account for the evolution of bipedalism:
1.) Carrying model – bipedalism could have allowed our ancestors to search for and
collect food in greater safety and with greater efficiency by freeing the arms and
hands. Mothers could carry their children. They could carry sticks and rocks to
throw at predators and scavengers.
2.) Vigilance model – bipedalism, by elevating the head, helped our ancestors locate
potential food sources and dangers. This behavior is seen in other animals,
squirrels and apes, but says more about upright posture than it does of actual
locomotion.
3.) Heat dissipation model – the vertical orientation of the body in bipedalism helps
cool the body by presenting a smaller target to the equatorial sun rays and placing
more of the body above ground to catch cooling air currents. This model applies
to hominids in the hot savannah but not so much in the shady forested are.
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Anth 330Fall 2015Summation paperThis is a summation docu.docxrossskuddershamus
Anth 330
Fall 2015
Summation paper
This is a summation document so there is no right or wrong answer but I do want to see that you put some serious thought into your response.
I have found that a great many people know very little about human evolution. There tends to be more fiction than fact out there. Other than a few bits of historical fact and fiction (mostly concerning Charles Darwin) many people have a poor understanding of the historical development of the concept of biological evolution and the Western World’s concept of time.
1. Briefly summarize your understanding of the concept of human evolution and geological/archaeological time before you took this course. I expect your answer to be at least 2 pages and no more than three.
2. How have your concepts on these subjects changed having taken this course?
-What are the TWO most interesting ideas that you have gleaned from the readings or lecture material? I expect your answer to be at least 2 pages and no more than three.
3. Has any information touched on in this class made you think about taking any further course work in the subject area?
1
Lecture 7
Lecture Summary
In this lecture will continue the text’s discussion of bipedalism. This lecture will also
provide some further information on the early hominids: Ardipithecus, Australopithecus,
and Homo and their associated biocultural evolution.
Bipedalism
Perhaps the most crucial change in early hominid evolution was the development of
bipedal locomotion – walking on two legs. We know from the fossil record that other
important changes such as the expansion of the brain, modification of the female pelvis to
allow bigger-brained babies to be born, and significant reduction of the face, teeth, and
jaws, did not occur until about 2 million years after the emergence of bipedalism. Be
familiar with the specific anatomical features associated with bipedalism as described in
chapter 6 of your text.
Why did we evolve to become bipedal? There are at least 6 different models that have
been proposed to account for the evolution of bipedalism:
1.) Carrying model – bipedalism could have allowed our ancestors to search for and
collect food in greater safety and with greater efficiency by freeing the arms and
hands. Mothers could carry their children. They could carry sticks and rocks to
throw at predators and scavengers.
2.) Vigilance model – bipedalism, by elevating the head, helped our ancestors locate
potential food sources and dangers. This behavior is seen in other animals,
squirrels and apes, but says more about upright posture than it does of actual
locomotion.
3.) Heat dissipation model – the vertical orientation of the body in bipedalism helps
cool the body by presenting a smaller target to the equatorial sun rays and placing
more of the body above ground to catch cooling air currents. This model applies
to hominids in the hot savannah but not so much in the shady forested are.
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offering a wide range of dental certified courses in different formats.for more details please visit
www.indiandentalacademy.com
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Please answer the question in the following discussion. this is an anthropology discussion which talks about fossils.
Questions:
Please address both parts of the prompt in your response.
1) Select a fossil related to human evolution and discuss what types of information scientists can learn from this particular fossil. Feel free to use the textbook, websites listed under 'more resources' in Unit 8, or something that you find elsewhere online.
2) As remains become fossilized, what factors influence our knowledge of the fossil record?
After writing your response for both of the questions please respond to the following responses:
Fossils can teach us so much about the past. Firstly, the book states, "Fossils provide an essential historical record for documenting and understanding the biological evolution of surviving and nonsurviving lineages." Next, fossils provide us with information on both geologic and chronological time. Finally, fossils in different geological settings can shed light on past environments and diets. This reveals important
contexts for understanding how past organisms evolved. All these things can be learned from human skeletons from the past, giving us a better understanding of how we came to be as we are today.
Another cool thing that can be done with human fossils is reconstruction through art and science. The books uses a Dimanisi boy to show this process on page 227. It may take up to four months but, through reconstruction we can learn what humans of the past looked like. Strips of clay are used to imitate muscles, more clay is applied like tissue and the exterior surface is molded, and details are made to make the hominid look real.
I chose to look at the Homo naledi fossils. This species shares the modern human genus Homo. I found this particular species and fossil set interesting because it gives us a more detailed window into the evolutionary process linking quadrupeds and bipeds. The Homo naledi has a very human like foot. In fact, the feet are the most human-like part of their skeleton. Scientists believe that the naledi was bipedal but that they also were arboreal. The other thing about the naledi that I found interesting is that it appears that they honored their dead. They hid the bodies of those who died. Perhaps to keep them from being eaten by scavengers? The idea of emotions is what creates empathy for other species, in my opinion and observation. Those species that we can see emotions, get more of our empathy than those who cannot show emotion in a way that we can readily observe. Thinking about the naledi working to preserve or protect the bodies of their loved ones is really eye opening. This is merely a hypothesis at this point though. I wonder if it is possible that they were just trying to easily distance themselves from the dead because the bodies may have made the living a target for predators. It will be interesting to see how the research plays out and what information they can glean fr.
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The Indian Dental Academy is the Leader in continuing dental education , training dentists in all aspects of dentistry and offering a wide range of dental certified courses in different formats.
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Please answer the question in the following discussion. this is an anthropology discussion which talks about fossils.
Questions:
Please address both parts of the prompt in your response.
1) Select a fossil related to human evolution and discuss what types of information scientists can learn from this particular fossil. Feel free to use the textbook, websites listed under 'more resources' in Unit 8, or something that you find elsewhere online.
2) As remains become fossilized, what factors influence our knowledge of the fossil record?
After writing your response for both of the questions please respond to the following responses:
Fossils can teach us so much about the past. Firstly, the book states, "Fossils provide an essential historical record for documenting and understanding the biological evolution of surviving and nonsurviving lineages." Next, fossils provide us with information on both geologic and chronological time. Finally, fossils in different geological settings can shed light on past environments and diets. This reveals important
contexts for understanding how past organisms evolved. All these things can be learned from human skeletons from the past, giving us a better understanding of how we came to be as we are today.
Another cool thing that can be done with human fossils is reconstruction through art and science. The books uses a Dimanisi boy to show this process on page 227. It may take up to four months but, through reconstruction we can learn what humans of the past looked like. Strips of clay are used to imitate muscles, more clay is applied like tissue and the exterior surface is molded, and details are made to make the hominid look real.
I chose to look at the Homo naledi fossils. This species shares the modern human genus Homo. I found this particular species and fossil set interesting because it gives us a more detailed window into the evolutionary process linking quadrupeds and bipeds. The Homo naledi has a very human like foot. In fact, the feet are the most human-like part of their skeleton. Scientists believe that the naledi was bipedal but that they also were arboreal. The other thing about the naledi that I found interesting is that it appears that they honored their dead. They hid the bodies of those who died. Perhaps to keep them from being eaten by scavengers? The idea of emotions is what creates empathy for other species, in my opinion and observation. Those species that we can see emotions, get more of our empathy than those who cannot show emotion in a way that we can readily observe. Thinking about the naledi working to preserve or protect the bodies of their loved ones is really eye opening. This is merely a hypothesis at this point though. I wonder if it is possible that they were just trying to easily distance themselves from the dead because the bodies may have made the living a target for predators. It will be interesting to see how the research plays out and what information they can glean fr.
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Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
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2. Content Warning: This scavenger hunt will contain
images of skeletal remains, as will some of the
museum web sites to which you will be directed.
3. INSTRUCTIONS
• Start this presentation in Slide Show mode. Use the links provided to go to the web pages and read
through the information or watch the video on the page. Use the pictures provided as a guide.
• Answer the questions on each slide.
• For Fill in the Blank questions, write down your answer on a piece of paper. Then, click “Check Answer” to see if
you got it right.
• For Multiple Choice/Multiple Option questions, choose all that apply. Correct answers will turn green and have
a caption telling you that answer is correct. Incorrect answers will turn red and have a caption telling you that
answer is incorrect.
• For Short Answer questions that may require a few sentences, write down your answer on a piece of paper.
Then, click “Check Answer” to compare your answer to the correct, full answer.
• The last slide has reflection questions. There are no right or wrong answers. This is an opportunity to reflect on
what you have learned.
• Feel free to explore the museum websites during or after you have completed the scavenger hunt!
There is a lot of new and exciting information out there on humans and human ancestors!
4. Sahelanthropus
tchadensis and
Orrorin tugenensis
were two of the
_____________ shared
by apes and humans.
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/
human-
fossils/species/sahelanthropus-
tchadensis
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence
/human-fossils/species/orrorin-
tugenensis
Check Answer
Last Common
Ancestors
5. Click each of the following that are
great apes.
Which of the great apes shares the
most recent common ancestor with
modern humans?
Baboons
Gorillas
Chimpanzees
Capuchin monkeys
Orangutans
https://australian.museum/learn/science/
human-evolution/humans-are-apes-
great-apes/
Check Answer
Chimpanzees
Yes!
Woohoo!
Great job!
Uh oh!
Try again!
6. _____________ are the only existing lesser apes.
Check Answer
Gibbons
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/humans-are-apes-great-apes/
7. What are some of the “key hominin traits” selected for by evolution that
differ from the greater and lesser apes and have allowed humans and
human ancestors to develop as they have?
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-we-became-
human.html
Bipedalism
Larger brains
Smaller canines
Decreased sexual
dimorphism
Longer childhoods
Precision grip
Check Answer
Sexual
dimorphism is
the shape and
size difference
between males
and females in a
species.
8. What role did diet play in human evolution?
Check Answer
https://humanorigins.si.edu/multimedia/videos/meet-our-
scientist-briana-pobiner-dietary-detective
The introduction of meat into the diet of
early human ancestors led to increased brain
size, development of language, social
organization, and possibly expansion out of
Africa into the rest of the world.
9. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-
origins/lucy
How old is Lucy?
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/huma
n-fossils/species/australopithecus-africanus
Gracile australopithecines are so named because of
differences in anatomy stemming from a more varied
diet than their robust australopithecine cousins. What
are some of the different anatomical features that are
found in species such as Australopithecus africanus
that indicate this dietary difference?
Check Answer
Check Answer
3.18 million years old
Gracile
australopithecine
s had a rounder
cranium, larger
brain, and
smaller teeth.
10. https://humanorigins.si.edu/evide
nce/human-
fossils/species/paranthropus-
robustus
What are some of the anatomical characteristics of
robust australopithecines, such as Paranthropus
robustus, and what do they tell us about the diet of
robust australopithecines?
Check Answer
Robust australopithecines had a sagittal crest
on top of their head for chewing muscles to
attach to, as well as larger teeth with thicker
enamel and large cheek bones.
They tell us robust australopithecines did not
have a varied diet but rather one that consisted
of a lot of tough foods such as seeds, nuts, and
tubers with only a small amount of insects,
meat, leaves, and soft fruit.
The sagittal crest is a bony
piece on top of the skull
where jaw muscles attach.
Tubers are
starchy root
vegetables,
like
potatoes or
taro.
11. Choose all of the following skeletal
differences between Homo habilis and
Australopithecines.
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human
-evolution/homo-habilis/
Brain size
Food choices
Jaw and teeth
Arms
Legs
Foramen
magnum
Yes!
Uh oh!
Woohoo!
Right on!
Great
job!
Try
again!
12. Who is Peking Man? What human
ancestor does he belong to?
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-
origins/peking-man
Check Answer
A human ancestor found near Beijing, China
between 1929-1937. He is a member of the
species Homo erectus.
14. https://australian.museum/learn/
science/human-evolution/homo-
antecessor/
How do scientists think Homo antecessor fits
into the evolutionary tree of the species
Homo?
A) Homo antecessor isn’t an ancestor of
modern humans.
B) Homo antecessor is the earliest
species of Homo.
C) Homo antecessor could be the last
common ancestor of Neanderthals and
modern humans.
D) Homo antecessor is descended from
Neanderthals.
Uh oh!
Try again!
Yes!
Sorry!
15. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-were-the-neanderthals.html
Who were the Neanderthals? How long ago did they live? How are
Neanderthals related to modern humans?
Check Answer
Neanderthals were a species
of Homo that evolved in
Europe Asia and interacted
with humans living at that
time. They lived between
about 400,000 and 40,000
years ago. Neanderthals are
our closest relative.
Descendants of non-African
populations have a small
percentage of Neanderthal
DNA.
16. Neanderthals began producing tools
__________ years ago.
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-
origins/neanderthal-tools
Check Answer
300,000 years ago
17. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/new-
evidence-in-search-for-the-mysterious-denisovans-.html
Who were the Denisovans? What evidence do we have for
the existence of Denisovans? How are they related to
Homo sapiens?
Check Answer
Denisovans were a species of Homo found across Asia. We know of
Denisovans mostly from DNA, a finger bone, and a piece of a jaw.
Denisovans mated with Homo sapiens between 50,000 and 60,000
years ago. As with Neanderthals, descendants of non-African
populations have a percentage of Denisovan DNA.
18. https://humanorigins.si.edu/evide
nce/human-
fossils/species/homo-sapiens
Who are Homo sapiens? What are some of
the physical traits of Homo sapiens? What
are some of the behavioral traits and
cultural adaptations that Homo sapiens
have used?
Check Answer
Us! We have a foramen magnum on the bottom
of our skulls, slanted femurs to keep balance,
and a center of gravity around our pelvis. We
also have larger brains and smaller jaws and
teeth.
Behavioral traits and cultural adaptations
include using complex stone tools, such as
fishhooks and spear throwers, making fire,
building shelters, domesticating plants and
animals, developing social organization and
language, and creating art.
19. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-
britain-blue-eyed-boy.html
Who is Cheddar Man? What is special about his eye color, skin color, and hair
color combination?
Check Answer
Cheddar Man is a
Mesolithic era (15,000-
5,000 years ago) human
from Great Britain. His eye
color, skin color, and hair
color indicate lighter
colored eyes evolved in
humans in Europe before
lighter skin or hair colors.
20. Reflection
Now that you have viewed the Ancestors virtual tour and completed
this scavenger hunt, summarize what you have learned. What is
something you did not know before that you learned? What is
something you would want to teach someone else about human
evolution? What were your favorite parts? What were your least
favorite parts?
How would you visualize what you have learned? You could create a
timeline, draw a picture, make a map, or even write a story.