Some terms • Geographical informations system (GIS): Included digital elevation‚ streets‚ land use and cover‚ topographic map‚ hydrology‚ aerial photographs. Software app that brings spatial data together for consolidation. • Horizontal excavation: an excavation for which the goal is to excavate a broad area in order to expose the remains of a single point in time. • Vertical excavation: an excavation for which the goal is to excavate a significant depth of deposits to expose the record of a sequence
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childhood and adolescent before their mature. This should be an adaptive strategy for the expanded and energetically costly brains.The right-handedness shared by both Homo sapiens and neanderthalensis might be a result of the changing in the sensory regions of the forebrain. Nevertheless‚ it is still not clear whether homo habilis and homo erectus had the same feature. The origin of the human-specific facial expressions is yet in mystery due to the lack of fossil
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The Laetoli footprints are evidence that A) Lucy walked on all fours. B) Homo erectus hunted small animals. C) A. afarensis walked upright. D) Homo habilis traveled with dogs. Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 2. The oldest fossils of modern humans‚ archaic humans‚ and early hominins have all been found in A) the Americas B) Asia C) Africa D) All continents except Australia Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 3. The key feature of genus Homo compared to previous hominins is A) a meatheavy diet B) a protruding chin
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theories that scientists have come up with over the years to explain the theory of evolution were the multiregional theory and out of Africa theory. The multiregional theory expresses the idea that Homo erectus developed in different parts of the world. The out of Africa theory expresses that Homo erectus developed in Africa nearly two million-years-ago and as the temperatures changed‚ they moved throughout the world and developed differently. “The multiregional view posits that genes from all human
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Human Evolution Human Evolution‚ the biological and cultural development of the species Homo sapiens‚ or human beings. A large number of fossil bones and teeth have been found at various places throughout Africa‚ Europe‚ and Asia. Tools of stone‚ bone‚ and wood‚ as well as fire hearths‚ campsites‚ and burials‚ also have been discovered and excavated. As a result of these discoveries‚ a picture of human evolution during the past 4 to 5 million years has emerged. Human Physical Traits Humans are
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skeleton was found 40% complete. The remains show a picture of a small‚ slender but strong hominid‚ whose pelvis and lower limb bones were no larger than those of apes‚ the teeth still retained signs of ape ancestry. Lucy had similar teeth to modern Homo
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developed from going to war when you were 15 years old‚ and dying for your side. Although the book skips around‚ he covers topics “... from homo erectus to George W. Bush.” In the first few pages Davis discusses scientific terms such as Homo erectus and Homo sapiens‚ the first of the human species. Homo erectus went extinct 300‚000 years ago‚ then Homo sapiens‚ the first humans‚ developed and were called “Wise Men.” The reason for this name was because of larger brains and higher skulls. Although
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evolution is the evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of modern humans. While it began with the last common ancestor of all life‚ the topic usually covers only the evolutionary history of primates‚ in particular the genus Homo‚ and the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of hominids (or "great apes"). The
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typically food over large distances. Humans evolved from the groups of “homo” meaning the same. About 2-3 million years ago Homo Habilis adapted from the original Australopithecines with a 50% larger brain. The Homo Habilis chipped flakes off the ends of volcanic rock to be used as tools. Thus‚ they were able to eat a greater variety of nutritious food increasing their mental capacity. About a million years ago the Homo Erectus adapted with a 1/3 larger brain than the Habilis. They were scavengers
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first theory might be more credible‚ both theories to this day are still being debated over the study of human origins due to new research being found over the years. To begin‚ the Multi-regional theory is how Homo erectus left Africa (the Old World) about 2 million years ago to become Homo sapiens in all different parts of the world. In the reading‚ “The Multiregional Evolution of Humans”‚ authors Thorne and Wolpoff analyze how this representative would ever come to reason with some solutions to
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