Categorizing ancients species into clades is a tricky business. The scientific community will always disagree about one factor or another and as D. Curnoe states “Another problem with coding character states is the handling of variation within species. While this form of variation is usually ignored by palaeoanthropologists‚ when characters are recognized as varying‚ their treatment as a separate state adds considerable error to cladograms.” (Curnoe 2003) D. Curnoe is an example of an extreme clumper
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Archaeology is worth it Have you ever wondered how humans and animals looked like thousands or even million years ago? And what they did to maintain life there and survive? Archaeology can help us find that out and can help us find out even more information about prehistory. In simple words archaeology is the study of ancient human history and prehistory‚ by examining artifacts that were found‚ and with machines to get D.N.A. archaeology helped us learn so much about the past and our great
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evolved from apes and Neanderthals since we have morphological and biological similarities proven by human fossils like bones‚ tools‚ and footprints left by earlier people. These ancestral apes then evolved to humans by natural selection‚ changing their posture‚ bone structure‚ appearance and behavior as the more selectively advantaged apes survived and reproduced. [12] Charles Darwin who came up with the theory of natural selection‚ believed that apes‚ humanoids‚ and Neanderthals are common ancestors
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the cave or shelter Kept wild animals away at night Used for hunting-drive a herd of large animals over the edge of a cliff Used for cooking food THE NEANDERTHAL • They lived from 100‚000 to 40‚000 years ago • First found in Germany • Other artifacts and living sites were found in Europe‚ Asia and North Africa • Life of the Neanderthal Rituals for successful hunts Buried their dead Placing tools‚ ornaments‚ food‚ and bunches of wildflowers in the graves THE CRO-MAGNON • First found
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Cited: Andrews‚ Peter. "The Neanderthal extinction." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19.10 (2004): 511-512. Print. Davis‚ Kenneth. "Dead Reckoning or Reckoning with the Dead: Hispanic Catholic Funeral Customs." Liturgy 21.1 (2006): 21-27. Print. James‚ J. "Book Review: 15 Weddings and 17
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Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man") is the scientific name for the human species. Homo is the human genus‚ which also includes Neanderthals and many other extinct species of hominid; H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Modern humans are the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens‚ differentiated from their direct ancestor‚ Homo sapiens idaltu. Subspecies of H. sapiens include Homo sapiens idaltu and the only extant subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. Some sources show Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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Anthropologist Professor Roberts Alice and the Biologist Dr. McGavin George. In the documentary‚ the duo explores the evolution of the human species and all that is known about our hominid cousins and early ancestors‚ focusing on the behavior of the Neanderthal‚ Homo erectus‚ and Autralopithecus afarencis (History Essentials‚ 2013). In his analysis‚ Bickerton argues that wherever life evolves‚ it will inevitably create creatures that think and communicate‚ either more or less‚ than humans do today; in
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Climate Effects on Human Evolution This article explores the hypothesis that key human adaptations evolved in response to environmental instability. This idea was developed during research conducted by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. Natural selection was not always a matter of ‘survival of the fittest’ but also survival of those most adaptable to changing surroundings. (Illustrations for this article coming soon.) Background Paleoanthropologists – scientists who
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form of living. There are numerous facts and events that have occurred throughout time that are evidence of this. "The Stone Age began as far back as two million years ago in some places" (www.bergen.org‚ April‚ 1997). This was when neanderthals were roaming the world using primitive weapons to hunt animals as well as searching for other sources of food. Since that time the ways of living and even the shape of man have evolved greatly into their modern form. The men of those times
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Homo sapiens before the Agricultural Revolution Before I begin‚ let this serve as a disclaimer. Firstly‚ this essay does not mean to challenge the religious beliefs of anybody. It merely states the scientific point of view on the origin and development of humans. Secondly‚ what I will write about is generally accepted among most scholars‚ however it is based on little evidence because the archeological finds are few‚ and there was no scripture during the period in which these events take place.
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