Homo sapiens

of the foot and ankle of Chimpanzees and Homo sapiens sapiens show several distinct changes. These changes developed 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…

1. Homo sapien, our direct ancestors, emerged approximately 300,000 – 100,000 B.C.E. They were larger and more advanced than their previous ancestors, hence why they were known as the “wise human”. Homo sapiens were cave dwellers and hunters, much like homo habilis and homo erectus. Homo sapien was not known as the “tool-making” human like homo habilis was, but homo sapiens hatchets and needles made the stone and bone tools of homo habilis look quite juvenile. Homo sapien walked upright, a…

which the author collects a large number of relative and authoritative data to examine the hypothesis that the direct ancestors are the anthropoid primates in China. There are two subspecies of the human fossils in China and they are Homo sapiens erectus and Homo sapiens…

time. Human evolution describes the slow process that led to the rise of anatomically modern humans—who we are today. During this process, traits were altered in order to adapt to environmental situations and needs. The name of our species is Homo sapiens sapiens. Out of Africa Evolution posits that our human ancestors moved out of Africa thousands and thousands of years ago. This theory is widely accepted by academics, though there is extensive disagreement regarding the specifics of the…

The ancestry of the Malagan society begins with the discovery of the Australopithecus afarensis (A. afarensis) which split off and evolved into a group known as the Homo erectus (H. erectus) species which finally became the Archaic Homo sapiens (H. sapiens). As of today the Malagans are AMH’s or anatomically modern humans. First species on the evolutionary timeline of the Malagans would be A. afarensis. A. afarensis fossil evidence was found in 2 sites. The first of those sites being Laetoli in…

1. The physical states observed in the species were primarily ancestral characteristics ranging from the more distinct species, gorilla gorilla, to modern human, homo sapiens, they all had molars, flat face with forward facing eyes. Ancestral/primitive characters are the characters that were present in a common ancestor whereas the derived characters are those type of characters that were not present in the common ancestor. One of the observed characteristics for derived characters are large…

challenged people unable to be considered as humans because of their inability to communicate and conforms to societal norms? If this sub-population is not considered to be human due to their proposed lack of human nature, despite being genetically Homo sapiens, there will be incredible social policy ramifications. Finally, consider humans with various mental illnesses affecting their social judgement, such as sociopaths and psychopaths. Due to their diminished empathy and remorse, antisocial…

main theories discussing the spread of early modern humans: Out of Africa Theory and Multiregional Evolution Theory. The Out of Africa Theory suggests that Homo erectus evolved into Homo sapiens in Africa, and after the evolution, they ventured out of Africa and dispersed to all around the world. The Multiregional Evolution Theory suggests that Homo erectus ventured out of Africa and then evolved into modern man in several different locations throughout the world. These two theories both try to…

change, environment, planet, climate, tools, clothing and much more which helped shaped the civilization in the present. From the Hominid family tree it is a mystery when one of the members Neanderthals disappeared and left Homo sapiens to rule the world on their own. Homo Sapiens Neanderthalis or also known by the name Neanderthals. Neanderthals are the closest extinct human relative to a modern human living in the present day. They were shorter, stockier, with no chin or forehead but they were…

resembles our past ancestors and Homo sapiens (humans) in present day genera systems. Hominidae are considered a taxonomic family that are made up of seven surviving species in four different genera groups; Pongo, Gorilla, Pan and Homo. Within Pongo genera, you have the Bornean & Sumatran Orangutan; Within the Gorilla genera, you have the Western & Eastern Gorilla; Within the Pan genera, you have the Common Chimpanzee & Bonobos; and Within Homo, you have Sapiens. Bonobos and chimpanzees are…