Brooke Slizeski Antthro 1020-90 Final Exam Essay Tale of the Taung Child The Taung Child not only has scientific importance‚ it has historical importance in the fossil record as well. It was the first and best example of the early hominin brain evolution. While the skull was found in 1924 it also plays a historical role as it was among one of the first human remains found in Africa and was able to draw attention to Africa as a major source of human evolution. The Taung child represents researchers
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that accounted for 230 individuals. Leakey ’s most important discovery was an almost complete skull found in 1977‚ which Richard believed to be a new species called Homo habilis. Richard Leakey ’s accomplishments are discovering the crania of Australopithecus boisei in 1969 with archeologist Glynn Isaac on the East shores of Lake Turkana. He also discovered a Homo habilis skull in 1972 and a Homo erectus skull in 1975(Human Evolution). In
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Biology – HSC Online Extract from Biology Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002) © Board of Studies‚ NSW 9.2 Maintaining a balance: 1. Temperature range Background: All organisms are adapted to a particular environment with its characteristic temperature range. The temperature range allows the organism’s enzymes to control its metabolism by operating at their optimum efficiency within this range. Some organisms are adapted to live at high temperatures (80 - 100oC) and these are called thermophiles
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call culture did not have a single definite beginning. This is to say that human beings did not suddenly appear on earth. Culture evolved slowly just as anthropoids gradually took on more human form. The earliest tools cannot be dated precisely. Australopithecus may have used stones as weapons as long as five million years ago. Stones that have been used as weapon do not differ systematically from other stones‚ however‚ and there is no way to tell for sure. The first stones that show reliable evidence
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ADAPTING TO THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: Bipedalism Bipedalism- the condition of being two-footed or of using two feet for standing and walking. The hominoid apes flourished at the very beginning of the Miocene epoch‚ when lush tropical rain forests were the predominant habitat. In the Opinion of many Anthropologists‚ bipedalism was adaptive for life amid the tall grasses of the savannas. Baboons and some other old World monkeys also live in savanna- type environments‚ yet although they can
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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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Approximately 500 million years ago the first brain structure appeared in reptiles. This structure was referred to as the hind brain. It can still be seen in animals such as insects‚ worms‚ and snails. The hind brain is responsible for movement‚ breathing‚ balance‚ and the regulation of the heart beat. This section of the brain still exists in modern brains‚ it is called the protoreptilian brain. As time passes and evolution continues to make process‚ this basic section of the brain does not change
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instantly be discounted. But I find it difficult to believe that the island effect would take a typical homo erectus and cause the exact changes to it that would be needed to allow it to both fit with and have the same overall proportions as australopithecus. It would seem to defy the odds for this to happen. Therefore I believe that homo floresiensis is a completely new species‚ and while may be a branch of our family tree as homo sapiens it is far distant. I think theses remains were maybe not
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Paleoanthropology can be defined as the study of the chronology‚ remains‚ physical structure and habitats of early hominids. The fields of anthropology and paleoanthropology have been dominated by one family name since the 1930 ’s‚ the Leaky family. Three generations of the Leakey family have been piecing together the story of our origins for over six decades. The patriarch of the family is Louis S.B. Leakey who was a paleontologist‚ an archaeologist and an anthropologist. He was born
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Asian Studies Reviewer for 2-25 St. Romuald Prepared by: Ian Dominic Mallillin Teacher: Ms. Lanie Pabilona I. EVOLUTION OF MAN: Evolution – Change over a long period of time Theory: * Charles Darwin’s Theory: His book was published on 1859 with the title of “On the origin of the Species of Man” This book stressed that man and all other species on earth were products of a long process of evolution. All species are related to each other and evolved over a long period of time.
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