The Columbian mammoth weighed 11 tons‚ during the last ice age‚ it was known for traveling through North America. New studies show that the Columbian mammoth might be from the same species as the Eurasian steppe mammoth. This new study shows that these two mammoths were both once the Eurasian steppe mammoth instead of being ancestors. The steppe mammoth had more adaptations to living in the cold weather. Mammoths first started roaming this earth about 3 million years ago. When mammoths reached
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Since the dawn of time‚ Homo Sapiens have developed and evolved in a short time‚ relative to Earth’s history‚ into a advanced and special civilization we know today as present day society. The beginnings of civilization 2.5 million years ago was known as the Paleolithic Age which ends at 12‚000 BCE and leads directly into the Mesolithic Age which ends at 8‚000 BCE. These two eras‚ Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age‚ although share similar developments such as new technologies and dominion‚ they also
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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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Early human evolution is characterised by speciation. The term speciation refers to “the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution”. Recently‚ experts in the field of evolution have given special emphasis to the new and most controversial issue of Homo floresiensis. Homo floresiensis (known as the Hobbit Man and LB1) is the little bodied and an extinct species that was discovered from a fossil and simple stone tools in 2003 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Scientists indicate
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The models on the disbursement of modern humans include the Out of Africa hypothesis and the Multiregional Continuity hypothesis. The Out of Africa hypothesis explains that modern humans first evolved in Africa and then migrated out to Asia and Europe‚ displacing the archaic Homo sapiens already habituated there. In contrast‚ the Multiregional Continuity hypothesis explains that evolution of modern humans occurred regionally and without replacement‚ meaning that each continent’s archaic H. sapiens
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The Incredible Human Journey Paleontologists believe the entire human race descends from Africa. The earliest human remains were discovered there‚ this is why scientists believe “we are all children of Africa.” Archeologists discovered a human skull that is dated 195 thousand years old. No other remains remotely close to this age have been discovered anywhere else on the planet. Evidence suggests that the first human like species evolved around 400 million years ago from apes eventually evolving
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Lascaux cave paintings were discovered in 1940 in Montignac‚ France. The cave paintings were 15‚000 to 17‚000 years old. The paintings were mostly paintings of animals‚ which are great examples of art during the Upper Paleolithic period. Some of the sections of the cave paintings have been identified as the Lateral Passage the Chamber of Felines‚ the Great Hall of the Bulls‚ the Shaft of the Dead Man‚ the Painted Gallery‚ and the Chamber of Engravings. The cave has about 2‚000 images that can
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Defining behavioral modernity depends on the consideration that behaviorally modern traits are based off of records derived from Western Europe during the Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic eras (Nowell 2010: 440). Therefore‚ they are not universal and there has been considerable protest against applying them universally because these traits do not hold true for Africa at this same time period. It is because of this distinction that this paper will focus on behavioral modernity in the genus
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Early Hominids and Tools Jacky Thompson ANT 101 March 20‚ 2013 Even though humans seem to be the most advanced creatures walking this earth‚ we certainly had ancestors before us. We share similar genetic information of other animals. They are what we consider early hominids. Early hominids date as far back as 6 to 8 million years ago. Just like humans‚ they had to have some type of culture in order to survive and make a living. Culture is defined as a dynamic adaptive process of learned
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It has long been wondered by scientists just how the giraffe evolved to have its long neck. The giraffe‚ world’s tallest mammal‚ was thought to have developed its neck to enable it to find food in higher places‚ and that it made it easier for the animal to fight predators. A new study‚ however‚ proves that the evolution of the giraffe’s neck came in several stages. First‚ the neck vertebrae reached into the mammal’s neck‚ and millions of years later‚ the vertebrae extended to the tail. This is the
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