INSTITUTUTE OF OPEN LEARNING | AHT 202 EARLY AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY | | | W. KENNEDY GITU‚ L.K. NGARI‚ W.S. NDIIRI | 1/4/2012 | | Table of Contents Definition of Terms 3 Fossils in Geological Context 5 The Earth in the Cenozoic 11 Origins of Primates 17 The Basis for Human Evolution 23 Origins of the Genus Homo 28 Origins of Modern Humans………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 32 Behavior and Evolution of Early Hominines……………………………………………………………………………………………39 African Pre- Historic Art…………
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Leakey’s Laetoli fossils are identical in form and belong to the same species. 4. Which hominid taxonomic group is "Lucy" placed into? "Lucy" it is placed into in to the taxonomic group called hominid (Australopithecus afarensis)‚ which includes all primates including chimpanzees‚ orangutans & gorillas. 5. Why is "Lucy" not considered an ancestor of modern apes‚ even if her jaw looks like that chimpanzee? Although the specimens of Au. Afarensis indicated that Lucy’s jaw was rather unlike other hominins
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INTERFERE IN ONE AREA OF THE ECOSYSTEM WITHOUT PAYING DUE ATTENTION BOTH TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH INTERFERENCE IN OTHER AREAS AND TO THE WELL-BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. The Root of Ecological Crisis 1. Human beings did not evolve from non-human primates‚ but were created in the image of God. Men and women are more than merely very complex and highly evolved apes. They possess physical attributes that are not shared by animals‚ such as an erect posture‚ hands with a highly developed opposable thumb
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The gorilla is the world’s largest primate. Gorillas are mammals. Young and younger gorillas are called blackbacks. Older males have white hair on their backs and are called silverbacks. Silverbacks gorillas are the most aggressive person in the group. The duty of the silverback gorilla is to protect others from dangerous threats. They can get angry very fast. The males are twice as big as the females (Morgan 2). The name gorrilla means “hairy person” and was first used by an explorer from North
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Bonobos: The bonobo is an in interesting species because it shares more than 98 percent of our genetic profile‚ which makes it very close to a human. It is believed that the human line of ancestry‚ along with the line of bonobo and chimpanzee‚ split about eight million years ago (http://songweaver.com). The bonobo is closely related to the chimpanzee but it is considered to be a different species (pygmy chimpanzee). When one looks at a bonobo‚ they may think that it looks a lot like a chimpanzee;
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Human Origins Exam 2: Lecture Notes E.B. Tylor (1832-1917) Founding father of anthropology Founder of British anthropology Approach = arm chair anthropology Did most of his studies at Oxford Primitive Culture (book) Uniformitaranism Thinks people around the world have the same brain (mind) Survivals Example: Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe (still here and happening from past) Aborigines Tahitians Aztecs Chinese Italians Lewis H. Morgan (1818-1881) Starts in New York as a lawyer then enters
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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 in tropical or subtropical areas. Today there are 153 different species of primates in the world. They are divided into five main groups: · Man; 1 genus‚ 1 species · Apes; 4 genera‚ 11 species · Old World monkeys; 14 genera‚ 72
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ago‚ a meteor hit Earth and primates started to show up and eventually lead to our creation. There are many different kinds of primates that we have studied and learned from. We can go to different places to view and understand their life style. The Fort Worth zoo is one of those places where I went to observe and learn. I got to observe two white-cheeked gibbons and three ring-tailed Lemurs. Apart from their difference they also have some similarities. The first primate that I observed was the white-cheeked
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A monkey is a primate of the Haplorrhini suborder and simian infraorder‚ either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey‚ but excluding apes and humans. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal‚ although there are species that live primarily on the ground‚ such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes‚ monkeys usually have tails. Tailless monkeys may be called "apes"‚ incorrectly according to modern usage; thus the tailless Barbary
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genes. I personally think that human and apes do share similarities such as most genes. Furthermore‚ “Humans belong to the biological group known as Primates‚ and are classified with the great apes‚ one of the major groups of the primate evolutionary tree. Besides similarities in anatomy and behavior‚ our close biological kinship with other primate species is indicated by DNA evidence. It confirms that our closest living biological relatives are chimpanzees and bonobos‚ with whom we share many traits”
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