Miles Elam Becoming a Human Part 1 In this short film‚ the main focuses are on why and how we became human over millions of years. The Afar in North Eastern Ethiopia‚ part of The Great Rift Valley‚ is the location of the first steps in discovering the answers. Archeologist‚ Zeresenay Alemseged had made a remarkable discovery. He found a cheek bone of a small face that more than likely was from a baby embedded into sandstone. It was found on top of volcanic ash that was dated to be about 3
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degrees off of the human tibia‚ and it is the same degree measurement when compared to the Taung boy skeleton (Barak). Yet‚ when compared to the chimpanzee tibia‚ they are significantly different‚ displaying definite change from chimpanzee towards Homo sapien (Barak). The length of the tibia was 17.5 centimeters long‚ making the approximate height to be two feet and 2 inches tall; not full grown while not being a young child. The growth plate between the epiphysis and the metaphysis was slightly
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positives1. Aggressiveness‚ long baby time‚ back problems‚ death fears2. Grip‚ high/regular sex drive‚ omnivores‚ facial expressions‚ speechC. Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age – 2.5 million to 12000 BCE1. Simple tools – increase in size‚ brain capacity – Homo erectusII. Late Paleolithic DevelopmentsA.Homo sapiens sapiens – 120‚000 years ago – killed off others?a.Population growth required change – 1 square mile to hunt/gather for 2 peoplei.Long breast feeding – limit fertilityii.Relative gender equality
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There is plenty of evidence about the strange creatures in the world‚ but perhaps the most well known is Bigfoot. This creature has been sighted in the United States region. Bigfoot has been described as a cross between gorilla and a human that stands in the ranges of seven to fifteen feet tall. This creature is described as being covered from head to toe with long reddish-brown fur. Bigfoot is real‚ due to the many sighting‚ photographs‚ videos‚ and evidence leading to his existence. The most significant
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Evolution of Australian Biota A) Baragwanathia Baragwanthia fossils were first discovered in Yea‚ Victoria in 1875 and were first described as a lycopod which was derived from the Zosterophylls by Australia’s eminent pioneer botanist‚ Dr Isobel Cookson in 1935. The Fossils of Baragwanthia are believed to date back to the Silurian times. Baragwanthia had long pores which were roughly 1-2 millimetres in radius and is densely covered in leaves that are 4cm in length. The stems could be up
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Did A. afarensis make and use stone tools at the site of Dikika some 3.39 million years ago? The first evidence of stone tool use and manufacture was found in Gona (Ethiopia) which dates back to between 2.6 and 2.5 million years ago as well as several cut-marked bones found near the Bouri site which indicates stone tool use 2.5 million years ago (McPherron et al. 2010). A. Afarensis is a hominin species found between 3.6 and 2.9 million years ago at sites in Ethiopia‚ Kenya‚ and Tanzania. Since being
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“In 1978‚ they found prehistoric footprints that resembled those of modern humans preserved in volcanic ash.” Excerpt From: Roger B. Beck‚ Linda Black‚ Larry S. Kreiger‚ Phillip C. Naylor & Dahia Ibo Shabaka. “World History.” v2.0. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt‚ 2012. iBooks. “In 1978‚ they found prehistoric footprints that resembled those of modern humans preserved in volcanic ash.” Excerpt From: Roger B. Beck‚ Linda Black‚ Larry S. Kreiger‚ Phillip C. Naylor & Dahia Ibo Shabaka. “World History
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robust or gracile and lived in eastern and southern parts of Africa. Robust‚ meaning they had a strong chewing apparatus; while gracile australopithecines possessed more of a delicate chewing apparatus (Haviland‚ Prins‚ Walrath & McBride 2007). Homo habilis was the next
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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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Human Evolution Who we are as a species‚ and where we came from; make up the basis of a fantastic story‚ spanning more than 4 million years. The search for the origins of humanity will be a story of bones and the tales they tell. It’s a story that begins in Africa‚ where our ancestors first stood up.Over millions of years they continued to evolve and eventually spread out across the globe. Some species adapted to the changing world‚ while others went extinct. Today only a single species
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