Homo habilis

bipedal Australopithecus africanus Just like the Australopitheus afarensis, bipedal Australopithecus boisei Flat head, line across skull, prognathic lower jaw, bipedal Homo erectus Long skull, prognathic lower jaw, bipedal Homo habilis Skull like a homo sapien, bipedal Homo heidelbergensis Related to homo sapien, bipedal, normal jaw Homo neanderthalis Abnormal nose, look like…

I recently visited the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to gain a new perspective on what we learned in Anthropology this semester. In this paper I will be discussing the Human Origin exhibit that is currently being shown at The Academy of Sciences and how it relates to all that I have learned this semester. This particular exhibit shows the various physical forms that hominins took as they evolved over 4 million years ago. I loved being able to see in person the actual skulls on…

Acheul in France, but however the tradition was first developed in Africa (“Oldowan and Acheulean Stone Tools”). The Acheulean tool tradition was perfected by the Homo Erectus, who learned to create more sophisticated tools that were sharper and straighter (O’Neil). The Acheulean tools were delicately worked from the flakes to form oval or pear or rounded outline that had were sharp on all sides (“Oldowan and Acheulean…

Introduction: Evolution the change over a period of time is important because it demonstrates scientist the need of our ancestors for a certain body part that humans do not need which are called vestigial structure. One of the main evidence regarding evolution is fossils. Fossils are mostly used to determine structure similar animals have that humans have in order to draw conclusions. Another evidence is blood which generally shows similarity in the dna of two different mammals. The purpose…

Human Language: Innate or Constructed? Human language is a unique characteristic among species on planet Earth. Though many creatures use various methods to communicate, no known creatures other than humans have a language that vastly describes the universe. Is this ability innate or is it the product of environmental factors? In order to answer this, one must investigate a wide array of phenomena. First, it would be beneficial to define what language is. Though the exact meaning may be…

website: http://www.ivyroses.com/HumanBiology/Evolution/Humans-vs-Primates.php Human Evolution Many scientists have been gathering information trying to prove that humans have evolved. It is said that before humans, we had ancestors e.g homo erectus and homo habilis. Anthropologists proved their theory by digging up fossils of these ancestors. The differences between the hominids: Australopithecus afarensis This species of hominids was discovered during the 1970s. The fossils found was…

Evolution is the change in a period over time. Scientist use evidence of evolution to prove that there was a change in organisms over time. If the evidence is present, scientist would come up with theories that are reasonable enough to have support from the pre- historic time frame. The lab is to show the people how living things came to be in the present day. Including how fossils as evidence explain why there maybe certain functions were used in the early stage of an organism. Hypothesis: If…

Australopithecus, they used sharp pebbles for hunting. Homo habilis were the first to create stone and bone tools and weapons. The beginnings of culture were demonstrated by the art of tool making. The group of Homo erectus is known as hunter-gatherers. The tools made by the Homo erectus were far more advanced then those of the Homo habilis. Not only were the tools advanced but fire also became an important part of humankind’s culture at this point. Homo Sapiens were then discovered; they…

The features Homo sapiens included gracile skull and bodies. They had smaller or absent brow ridges. They had high and round cranium with a forehead which leads to very flat and small faces. H. sapiens also had small teeth and jaws but they had an obvious jaw. One of…

A major hallmark in the evolution of the hominid species is the modification in the size of the brain. The available fossil record is however incomplete and interpretation is often difficult. The supposed dominance of homo erectus species of hominids is generally credited to the proportions of their brain, that has evolved over the course of their evolutionary history. Direct evidence supporting the changes in the brain can only be obtained from the hominid fossil record, and by studying the…