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    most about one main group in particular, Homo sapiens. Over time the Homo sapiens were able to become superior over the other groups. The reasons is because, that Homo sapiens killed for the food and always looking out for predators. As Homo sapiens evolved they began to take complete control other the other groups, by killing them off. This became huge for Homo sapiens because it would weaken the effects of competition, which meant more food for the Homo sapiens. Kwang makes these conclusion…

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    differ according to available data. In some, for example, Homo erectus is shown to be one of Homo sapien’s ancestors. Neanderthals are shown to be co-descendants with archaic Homo sapiens and as a dead end in the human phylogenetic tree. This would mean that they went extinct without contributing genes to modern humans. In other trees, Neanderthals are shown to have interbred with modern Homo sapiens. There are sources that claim that Homo erectus is the first hominid to display human…

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    statement spurs the thought that during all stages of Homo sapiens evolution, consciousness will follow. Homo sapiens in 2001: A Space Odyssey are presented in three different stages of evolution: man apes, modern day humanity, and sentient beings without a need for flesh. Emergence of consciousness led to the discovery of tools, while the growth of consciousness has allowed for creation of new tools and technological innovation. Homo sapiens desire for betterment drives technological innovation…

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    that is called migrating. Migration is an act of people or animal moving temporarily or permanently to a new place. For animals, they are mostly known migrating depending on the temperature or mating. Genus Homo of the hominid is one of the first to migrate outside Africa. With Genus Homo migrating outside Africa, they are the one developing our world and our ancestor that is spread around the world. Questions What is the reason behind the hominids migrating from their homeland, Africa? Does…

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    Ardipithecus Ramidus

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    size of the cranium changed in result of better nutrition. On another note, the width of the pelvis changed as well. In that case, the width of the pelvis changed in result of its bipedality. Therefore, bipedality determines whether or not a genus homo can walk, run, as well as their ability to create tools in order to survive. Ardipithecus ramidus         Ardipithecus ramidus also known as "Ardi" was believed to be an early human-like female…

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    They were described as obstinate, merry, free, and painted with fine red lines. European, Homo sapiens europaeus, were labeled as white, optimistic, and muscular, gentle, active, very smart, inventive, and covered with close vestments. Asians, Homo sapiens asiaticus, were identified as pale yellow, melancholy, stiff, severe, haughty greedy and covered with loose garments. The African peoples, Homo Sapiens afer, were described as black, slow, foolish, relaxed, crafty, indolent, negligent, and…

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    theory suggests that there were two colonisations of the world, the first being approximately 100,000 years ago when Homo erectus first migrated out of Africa and evolved separately creating three major species in different areas of the world, Homo sapiens, erectus and neanderthalensis. It is then thought the group of Homo erectus still located in Africa evolved into Homo sapiens and began the second colonisation where they began replacing the other species possibly due to ‘survival of the…

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    Personhood Research Paper

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    mentioned in class, psychologists would agree with this as persons are ethical and moral objects. As such, the development of Homo sapiens into ethonomous, moral persons must coincide with aging, cultural or religious influence and development of mental processes. Therefore, this essay will attempt to organize the actualization of personhood with the natural life stages of Homo sapiens. The development will track human beings as they transition through states of the autonomous rational…

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    to try and answer are “what precisely killed them [the Neanderthals] off? And do the differences [in the Neanderthal’s and Homo sapiens’ lifestyles] explain the disappearance of the Neanderthals?” First off, the article dismisses the popular belief that the Neanderthals were killed off by the Homo sapiens. It is proven that the Neanderthals interbred with the Homo sapiens (approximately 2 to 3 percent of all humans that are non-African origin have a small amount of Neanderthal DNA). Then the…

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    Monkeys In Anthropology

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    As stated on the textbook “regardless of which theory (single- origins, multiregional, or intermediate) is correct, it seems clear that Neandertals and modern humans (H. sapiens sapiens) coexisted in Europe and Near East for at least 20,000 years, and maybe as long as 60,000 years.”they were also known to have a lot of similarities. As stated on livescience.com ,on the article Neanderthals: Facts About Our Extinct Human Relatives…

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