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The Rise of man ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bipedal Hominids ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Neanderthals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How, when, and where did we become human? ,[object Object],[object Object],This is a reconstructed Homo erectus skull, found in northern China. It dates to some time after 1.6 million years ago. Homo erectus 250k yrs ago Today Big Eras 3-9 10k 1.8 mil. yrs ago 27k Brain Development 500k – 200k yrs ago Big Era 1 Big Era 2

Homo erectus was a traveler! Homo erectus began migrating to southerly parts of Eurasia sometime after about 1.8 million years ago. Homo erectus 200k yrs ago Today Big Eras 3-9 10k 1.8 mil. yrs ago 27k Big Era 1 Big Era 2

Homo sapiens (that’s us!) evolved from Homo erectus ,[object Object],[object Object],This is a reconstructed Homo sapiens skull, found in Israel. It has been dated to about 90,000 years ago. 200k yrs ago Human Origins: Homo sapiens in Africa 100k yrs ago S.W. Asia 200k yrs ago Human Origins: Homo sapiens in Africa Today Big Eras 3-9 10k years ago Big Era 2 Big Era 1

Migrations of Homo sapiens Possible coastal routes of human migration Possible landward routes of human migration Migrations in Oceania Human Origins 200,000-250,000 years ago Southwest Asia 100,000 years ago Europe 40,000 years ago Siberia 40,000 years ago Australia as many as 60,000 years ago North America 12,000-30,000 years ago Oceania 1600 B.C.E.-500 C.E. Chile 12,000-13 ,000 years ago

Language! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Language Shared Ideas New Ideas Learning

Language made collective learning possible. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Life as a Series of Cause and Effect ,[object Object]

Cyclical Affect ,[object Object],[object Object]

Art and Religion as a Reflection of Nature (or the randomness of it)

Bring out your dead! ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How did collective learning change human culture? ,[object Object],[object Object],For example, Blombos Cave

Remains discovered at Blombos Cave are one example of the more complex culture some humans were developing as many as 90,000 years ago. Photos: Arizona State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences http://clasdean.la.asu.edu/news/images/bone/ View looking out of Blombos Cave to the Indian Ocean Bone points from the cave Ochre piece with scrape marks. A person may have scraped the ochre to get powder to use to make body paint. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico, 200 BCE Great Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, 1300-1500 CE

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The engraved horse panel in the Cave of Chauvet-Pont-D’Arc in southern France. The image is about 31,000 years old. (http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet) Venus of the Kostenki I site in Russia dated to about 23,000 years ago. This stone female head is wearing headgear of woven basketry. (New York Times, Dec. 14, 1999. Photo: Bill Wiegand, University of Illinois.) Acceleration!

Did Homo sapiens meet Neanderthals? Approximate geographical range of Neandertals, 100,000-28,000 years ago Approximate geographical range of Homo sapiens by 28,000 years ago

Labor Roles and Job Specification ,[object Object]

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