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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Working to succeed and survive requires certain behavior and execution. It was not as easy to live at the time of the Homo erectus‚ Neanderthals‚ and Indians form the twentieth century. They had many problems‚ which made it difficult to survive. Some of their problems are problems that we still have today‚ but with our improvements such as new studies and technology‚ it is much easier for us to deal with these situations. They needed order and systems. They needed a leader; one who could take the
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PERIOD Australopithecus afarensis 4 to 2.7 million years ago Australopithecus africanus 3 to 2 million years ago Australopithecus robustus 2.2 to 1.6 million years ago Homo habilis 2.2 to 1.6 million years ago Homo erectus 2.0 to 0.4 million years ago Neanderthal 200 to 35 thousand years ago Cro-magnon 35 thousand years ago Homo sapien 200 thousand years ago to present PRIMATES The modern man is spread all over the world. Our closest relatives‚ the apes‚ the monkeys‚ and the lemurs‚ only live
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a group of scientists found the partial skeleton of a new human species we had never seen before. Researchers called the remains LB1‚ also nicknamed the hobbit due to its small size. It was first believed that this new species‚ Homo floresiensis‚ was a descendent of Homo erectus that had simply dwarfed over time due to limited access to resources. However‚ newer studies have highlighted some of the more primitive characteristics of LB1‚ which lead scientists to believe that the hobbits branched off
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Multi-Regional Continuity: The Fossil Evidence With regards to the multi-regional continuity model of human evolution‚ there is without a doubt a preponderance of fossil data that supports the diverse origins of Homo sapiens in different regions of the globe. Skulls displaying a wide variety of mixed modern and archaic features have been found in every corner of the world. The mere existence of these fossils is evidence enough to prove that human evolution was far less cut-and-dried a process
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Surviving in Africa Film Summary Three million years ago in Africa‚ early hominids walked around upright. What we know about them is minimal and teams of archaeologists spend their lives searching for clues that might help us to better understand their ways of life. Don Johanson‚ a well-known archaeologist‚ and his team spent many years in Africa in the early 70s searching for remains left behind by our early ancestors. In 1974 Don discovered a bipedal skeleton that was about one third
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more similar in shape to the Homo sapien than that of hominids before it; which would make it reasonable to believe that it was able to speak using language. Since it was the transitional species however‚ it may have been limited in its development of language usage. History of the Neanderthal Before analyzing the arguments discussing the language used by the Neanderthals‚ it is important to understand what is known about them. Homo neanderthalensis is the last
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misfortune. C. van Heeringen wanted to estimate the risks of suicidal thoughts or actions in young homo/bisexuals compared to heterosexual peers. He also wanted to determine the effects of potential factors on the odds of suicidal thoughts and actions in young homo/bisexuals. Through his studies there were many findings that seem very substantial to every human’s knowledge. His results show that homo/bisexuals are at a greater risk of suicidal actions or feelings because they tend to feel trapped
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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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Typologizing is a universal activity b. Racial categories iii. Linneaus – 18th century; developed all the systems we use to classify groups 1. Classified humans into the “homo-sapiens” group a. Four “variants” i. Homo-sapiens Europeaus Albescens ii. Homo-sapiens Asiaticus Fucus iii. Homo-sapiens Africanu Negreus (black) iv. Homo-sapiens Americanus Rubescens (red) iv. Blumebach (1781) 1. “Races” a. Caucasian (white) b. Mongolian (yellow) c. Malay (brown) d. Ethiopian (black) e. American
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