Homo economicus

Tools Neanderthals used stone tools similar to and no more sophisticated than the ones used by early humans, including blades and scrapers made from stone flakes. As time went on, they created tools of greater complexity, utilizing materials like bones and antlers. Neanderthals used a type of glue, and later pitch, to attach stone tips to wooden shafts, creating formidable hunting spears. Social structure Neanderthals lived in nuclear families. Discoveries of elderly or deformed Neanderthal…

A new species of human ancestor has been discovered in the Red Star Cave in South Africa, providing an extraordinary insight to how humans have evolved over time and filling a gap in the evolution of our species A significant discovery of human-like remains has been discovered, 30m beneath the surface in South Africa. Analysing the bones in the Red Star cave, 10 miles north of Johannesburg required six scientists to travel deep underground in order to excavate them, allowing a further team of…

The Homo erectus was believed to have lived about 1.89 million years ago in North, South, and East Africa; western and east Asia. They possessed a human like body with the ability to stand upright with its elongated legs, shorter arms compared to the torso and a slightly larger braincase relative to the size of the face. With these discoveries in the fossilized anatomy it seems that these features are adaptations for a life lived on the ground. They had the ability to walk and possibly run long…

then migrated to Eurasia. They lived across Eurasia, as far north and west as Britain, through part of the middle east, to Uzbekistan. Neanderthals are our closest extinct human relatives. There is some debate of whether Neanderthals are considered Homo Neanderthalensis or a subspecies…

Homo sapiens, or modern human, have been around for 200,000 years, but what came before? Scientists have found evidence of many pre-humans: Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and the most famous... Homo Neandenthalensis. Movies, books, and magazines have all been made about them, but what are they really like? Neanderthals had a unique lifestyle, fascinating diet, and amazing anatomy!…

Human evolution is the long process of change in which humankind originated from apes. Before Charles Darwin, Carolus Linnaeus, chose the word,”homo,” which is Latin for human, in his classification system. During this time, along with Linnaeus, other scientists considered apes to be close relatives to humans due to their anatomical similarities. In the 1960s and 70s, African researchers found fossils of australopithecines, an extinct creature related to humankind in Africa. Later more fossils…

First, it’s unnoticeable. Then it becomes more and more obvious as you go on. The barber was sharpening the blades on the strop when the captain entered. He creates a mental picture of the enemy’s neck, throat, veins... “An enemy under ones roof,” “taking pains to see that no single pore emitted a drop of blood,” “Bit by bit, the skin emerged.” The author is making his lust for the open skin on the captain’s neck, showing his strength towards himself to not make it bleed. This foreshadowing is…

Hominin expansion throughout most of Africa occurred with Australopithecines, Paranthropus, and early Homo habilis. Each species was advancing, and adapting to their various habitats. However, a new homo was entering the playing field, which was not only biologically modern but was capable of creating tools. This new species is known as Homo ergaster/erectus, and they were on the verge of breaking out into new territory. This group would soon leave the cradle of Africa and traverse to Asia,…

Before Homo sapiens roamed the earth, flora, fauna, and the species known as Homo erectus, all coexisted. Homo erectus populated Africa, thriving amongst predators, the changing environment, and evolving characteristics of their species. However, certain environmental conditions that were impacting H. erectus, at the time, led to their departure from Africa to Eurasia, where they paved the way for future species and the colonization of the world. This journey of Homo erectus out of Africa and…

The origin of all human beings can be traced back to Africa, with some of the earliest fossil remains having been found there. In fact, according to Rick Potts (2010), the fossils of early humans who lived between 2 and 6 million years ago all came entirely from Africa. Together, these bands of humans created some of the earliest forms of civilization in Africa. Groups of intelligent creatures that were able to accomplish relatively astonishing feats, such as the ability to communicate, interact…