Crossflatts Primary School Morton Lane Crossflatts Bingley West Yorkshire BD16 2EP Tel: 01274 782070 louarmour@hotmail.com 26 August 2011 Dear Reader‚ Re: Darwin‚ Evolution and the Origins of Life I wrote this plan (see below) as a Topic for our Yr5/6. Time constraints meant I couldn’t cover everything I wanted to cover during ‘Topic’. Other investigations that may have been included are: Artificial Selection Why are cows and sheep not extinct? Why are there so many kinds of
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Outline for Chapter 10 Define the following terms… What is Evolution? (Section 10.1‚ pp 222-224) Figures to review: 10.1‚ 10.2 Biological evolution • Biological evolution is defined as any genetic change in a population that is inherited over several generations. These changes may be small or large‚ noticeable or not so noticeable. Species • the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus‚ regarded as the basic category of biological classification‚ composed of related individuals
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The Evolution of Homo sapiens Paleolithic Society The Neolithic Era and the Transition to Agriculture The Hominids Australopithecus: Developed in Africa 4 million to 1 million years ago Bipedal‚ able to plan journeys (about 10 miles long)‚ brain size 500 cc Part of brain used for speech underdeveloped Homo erectus: Lived 2 million to 200‚000 years ago (after Australopithecus) Brain size 1000 cc‚ wielded fire Communicated with sounds (no language yet)‚ journeyed outside east and south Africa
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characteristics called homo. So‚ when we refer to hominid evolution‚ we are referring to the gradual process by which we developed as human beings from now extinct primates. The tale begins when‚ along with apes‚ we formed a part of a larger group called the primates‚ which was the earliest order of mammals. Over time‚ for reasons uncertain‚ we diverged from the apes and moved towards becoming what we are today through various‚ now extinct stages like Homo habilis (handy man)‚ Homo erectus(upright man)
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species. Humans have survived for thousands of years and will most like survive thousands of more. Throughout the history of the Humanoid species man has evolved from Homo Erectus to what we today call Homo Sapiens‚ or what we know today as modern man.. The topic of this paper is what does the future have in store for the evolution of Homo Sapiens. Of course‚ human beings will continue to change culturally; therefore cultural evolution will always continue; but what of physiological evolution? The cultural
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Human Evolution FA1302 8 December 2013 Did Climate Affect Human Evolution? Climate and environmental change has played a vital role in Earth’s history‚ and the outcome of these changes has been anything but idle in the evolution of primates. These drastic transformations in the planet’s atmosphere have been the impetus of evolution among species and has sparked interest to geologist and paleoanthropologist for years‚ resulting in a number of hypothesis that “propose that climate-driven environmental
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The early human migration[35] patterns in the Lower Paleolithic saw Homo erectus spread across Eurasia. The controlled use of fire occurred about 800 thousand years ago. Near 250 thousand years ago‚ Homo sapiens evolves in Africa. Around 70–60 thousand years ago‚ modern humans migrate out of Africa along a coastal route to South and Southeast Asia and reached Australia. About 50 thousand
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Since the prehistoric times‚ the species of human beings have been gifted with knowledge and potential. According to archaeologist Richard E. Leakey‚ the strong‚ intellectual minds of human beings have affected many other species over time. Richard Leakey affirmed that humans are known as a distinct group of individuals due to how their skillful abilities allow them to choose and form good ideas. The significance of Leakey’s statement is that the human species have used and created different ideas
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naturally able to read the intentions of others. Another hereditary characteristic of humans is that we have an urge to belong to groups‚ naturally. Wilson encourages altruism even further by going back to our ancestors over time; the homo sapiens‚ homo habilis‚ and homo erectus. Our ancestors through trial and error of working individually and in groups learned that working simultaneously benefited them and with that “[....] social intelligence grew‚ along with the centers of memory and reasoning in the
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”Out of Africa Theory” The Out of Africa Theory is a widely renown theory describing the origin of the human race and their early dispersal throughout the world. According to this theory‚ humans have a monogensis‚ or a single and common origin; Africa. The concept was first introduced in 1871 by Charles Darwin but was deliberated for years until further studies of mitochondrial DNA and evidence ”based on physical anthropology of archaic specimens” was added. During the early 19th century‚ scientists
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