Hominid

Humans have established themselves as the smartest hominid species in the hominid group (becominghuman.org). The size of our brain and our intelligence has made us the top organism on the world and it has guaranteed our long term survival (becominghuman.org). The cranial capacity on average of a modern human is of 1300…

As the cerebellum began to grow, the complexity of cognition used to make tools also grew. Thus instead of having short, mode 1 tools that were very limited on the number of tasks that could be accomplished, later hominids, such as Homo heidelbergensis, possessed enough cognitive evolution to better adapt and change the way that they gathered food, by developing mode 3 tools, which were used to gather different ranges of food more efficiently. From a human…

one of the oldest known hominins, A. Aferensis, measures approximately 550 cc (based on measurements of cranial capacity), roughly equivalent to modern apes, like the chimpanzee (at 400-500cc), and the gorilla (at 500-700cc). The expansion of the hominid brain appears to have only really begun with the genus Homo. Between 2 million and 700,000 years ago, the size of the brain of Homo erectus actually doubled.…

The idea that early hominids shaded into one another in a straight line of descent requires substantial evidence to corroborate. Based upon what we see elsewhere in the fossil record, and even among living species, it is difficult to believe that there were no biological evolution that resulted in ancestor species and descendant species living together for a period. Because of this there is constant researching going on to get information that provides us with more insight of our ancestors.…

Since the 1859 publication of “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin, the theory of evolution has ignited a tumultuous debate on the genesis of mankind, climaxing in intense confrontations between creationists and evolutionists. Creationists believe in the intelligent-design theory, that life did not arise by chance, but was created by some intelligent entity (God), referencing religious text as evidence. On the contrary, evolutionists believe in Darwinism, that through the process of…

The earliest known hominid, Australopithecus Afarensis, also known as "Lucy", had a difference in their appearance compared to modern humans. Lucy's height was about three feet tall, almost the average height of a female (three foot five). I tried researching Lucy's weight and had little success, however, the average weight of a female was about 64 pounds. Also, the average height for the males was about four feet eleven inches and the average weight of a male was 92 pounds. The Australopithecus…

mainly due to the transition from quadrupedal to bipedal movement and becoming more terrestrial rather than arboreal. When researching different hominids in chronological order, it is clear that each change in our foot morphology occurred at a different time in our evolutionary history, and not all traits are exhibited in extinct lines of Homo and other hominid relatives. When investigating the evolution of the modern human foot, it is important to understand what it was evolving from.…

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about the evolution of the first hominids and to look at some of the reasons that they became bipedal. From there, expand on what evidence has been found to support these hypothesis, and finally look at how these changes created both biological and geographical difference in the sub-species of hominids. This paper will detail each species in a high level overview so that the reader may gain a better perspective of what each species…

Most palaeontologist’s agree that hominids first evolved in Africa, but disagree where Homo-sapiens emerged and this caused the origin of the modern Humans to be a fervently debated topic in Palaeontology and Anthropology. There are two theories currently regarding the origin of the modern-day humans: 1) They emerged in one place which is Africa and then migrated elsewhere which is the “Out of Africa Theory” and 2) Is that Hominids spread out of Africa and evolved worldwide which is the…

Australopithecus Afarensis Species and Their Existence Humans are a species of hominidae. A hominid is any one of a family, hominidae, of mammals that includes humans with their extinct ancestral forms. Hominids evolved from each other. Humans have evolved over the millions of years from the first hominid. One of the hominid species that humans have evolved from is the Australopithecus Afarensis. A classification of an Australopithecus Afarensis is a Southern Ape. This species is a…