Pfister Biology CP 4/7/14 Homo Erectus Throughout the long winding road that is human evolution; many species have helped shape who we are today. There was the early Australopithecus africanus which began to walk bipedally-upright with two feet and the Homo habilis which drastically developed the construction of handmade tools. But there is one species who is to be credited for the most critical advancements in human evolution; Homo erectus. Not only did Homo erectus advance us the most biologically
Homo Erectus In the quest to explain human origins it is necessary to find a species that bridges modern man (Homo sapiens) with the apes. To fill this gap evolutionists have set forth Homo erectus, who lived approximately 400,000 to 1.6 million years ago (Johanson and Shreeve1989). Although the distinctions are somewhat vague, below the neck, Homo sapiens and Homo erectus are practically Identical and Homo erectus was responsible for pioneering the use of standard tools (such as the hand axe)
The Homo erectus was an early species of Homo and the likely descendant of the H. Habilis; the first Hominin species to move out of Africa into Asia and Europe. These were the Hominins that began to develop the characteristics behaviors that we see in living humans, that increasingly engaged intelligence and displayed adaptive flexibility, and the first depended on material culture. During the early Homo’s evolution, hominins began to colonize areas of the world outside Africa. The H.Habilis had
15 May 2014 Similarities and Differences of Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens "In our view, there are two alternatives. We should either admit that the Homo erectus/Homo sapiens boundary is arbitrary and use nonmorphological (i.e. temporal) criteria for determining it, or Homo erectus should be sunk [into H. sapiens]." - Milford Wolpoff INTRODUCTION There are three hominids. The first one is Homo Habilis who was the most ape-like among them. Homo erectus was their later successor. They were just the
LB-1 is name of the Homo floresiensis adult fossil, who was shorter than average human today. LB-1 fossil was discovered in Liang Bua, a cave on island of Flores in Indonesia. Generally Homo floresiensis are referred to as dwarf human with an average height being about 3.5 ft. Also, this is how they’ve earned the nickname “hobbit.” Homo floresiensis brain, prior to this paper, was estimated to be about 380 to 430 cc (cubic centimeters), which is very small. Reasons for such small brain size have
the Homo erectus fossils. These fossils have been found not only in Africa, but have also been found in parts of Europe and Asia. This is when scientists begin to disagree on how these pre-modern humans spread from Africa to other continents. Some scientists believe in the hypothesis known as the Multiregional Theory. This theory states that Homo erectus left Africa about two million years ago and from there migrated to Europe and Asia. These H. erectus then evolved, simultaneously, into Homo sapiens
will assert that Homo erectus is the first official human. I will explore Homo Erectus’s control of fire, use of acheulian tools, morphological and anatomical advances, and human like diet as evidence to support my theory. Although there are flaws in my theory, I am inclined to believe that Homo erectus was the first
animal use hand to do anything and eat uncooked. According to Darwins ' evolution theory that humans evolved from apes. Homo species appear in 2.5 million years ago. Human evolution go through many steps and much time in the history. Begin from homo species to Homo Erectus, Homo Ergaster, Homo Antecessor and Homo Sapiens. From 2.5 million years ago to 1.2 thousand years ago. The Homo has big differently between them. Human learned to stand up and use tool that important for human evolution. Because
time because Ancient Earth provides ability to plenty of time.The Homo Sapien a is very complex creature. The species started off very simple by living in caves and surviving with little food and then later evolved into a species that were able to do many more complex things. The first species was Sahelanthropus tchadensis They were one of the most simple humans in that time period and on. They had very small skulls compared to Homo Sapiens today and their motor skills were just the same. We have
Are we still evolving? How do humans and apes share a common ancestor? Modern human species or Homo sapiens have shown great similarities in the physical and genetic makeup to another group primates species, the apes. Both organisms share a common ancestor dating back eight to six million years ago. Evolution means change over time. Human evolution is the process by which humans have emerged from apelike ancestors. Through sequences of mutations, genetic drift, migration, and natural selection and
The Evolution of Humans The evolution of humans was (and is) a very important time. The first being of evolution was Australopithecus Afarensis or “Lucy”. Then we moved on to Homo erectus and Homo Neanderthal. When the weather got hotter, we were Homo Sapiens Sapiens and finally, the modern man. This evolution did not happen overnight. It took millions of years. The past is hardly forgotten, but the imminent is next. The future of evolution is being studied as well as the past. Most people were skeptical
species Homo sapiens came to be. This story of our history includes dozens of species’ and hundreds of fossils and bones, yet fairly few complete or even partial skeletons. Hominids have gone through many changes to get from one of our earliest species’ Ardipithecus ramidus to Homo sapiens which scientists have been able to discover through a process called genetic analysis. Research over the last twenty years has given paleoanthropologists and researchers a far more definitive idea of how Homo sapiens
Introduction: Around 1.8 million years ago, two hominids were born, first the Homo Erectus and then the Neanderthals. Although the two very different humans. However, were they that different? Our ancestors were very versatile hominids. They lived in various places and lived in a variety of ways. The Homo Erectus and Neanderthals were all special in their ways. They had similarities and differences that set them apart. They had similarities, but in the same way, their differences helped them survive
Homo Erectus and Their Ability To Use Fire In today’s world smartphones would be considered as the most impressive technology ever invented, but truth to be told, fire is the most astonishing technology the human race has ever discovered. Even before being able to create their own fire, the hominids understood that fire was something they can make use of and therefore when a natural fire occurred, they would bring burning embers from the site back to their home (Caird 123). But natural fire didn’t
supports these findings. When looking at Africa, it is believed that the first H. erectus seems to have evolved here. This theory developed based on the fact that all of the previous hominins to make an appearance were also in Africa, so it stands to reason that the evolution from those early hominins to H. erectus would have occurred in the same location. That being said, evidence also shows that after H. erectus made his debut in Africa, he quickly migrated to other parts of the world, as fossil
The Important Discovery of Kenyanthropus Platyops - The Flat Faced Man of Kenya A recent finding on the western shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, a semi-desert area, could hold bold new implication for the origin of man. The finding was the skull of a very early hominid which displays facial features of both modern man and early, more primitive ancestors. The findings have been dated to approximately 3.5 million years, a time period once thought to be dominated by human ancestors that
The unexpected discovery of the Miami Circle in the heart of the downtown Miami, in 1998 dusted off the story of a civilization that is believed that occupied that area around two thousand years ago: “Tequesta Indians”. A variety of artifacts were found in this site and matched with the Tequesta. Also these artifacts were transported to the Historical Museum of Southern Florida where there is a significant exhibition. In the other hand, it is a Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey which contains
It is estimated that humanity began millions of years ago (Smithsonian, 2015). Humans evolved from ape-like creatures, which is why we are considered primates. Homo sapiens, as paleontologists call us, are the only species of humans left in the world today. However, that was not always the case. Thousands of years ago, there were many other ancient species, called hominids (Evolution, 2001), on the planet that we had to compete and try to coexist with. Evidently, humans did not coexist very well
Elephants are dated to be around this earth for about six million years ago. Mammoth remains have been found in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America, today most of elephants around earth are mostly found only around Africa. Mammoths are also believed to have originally evolved in North Africa about 4.8 million years ago, where bones of them have been found in Chad, Libya, and Morocco. I believe that throughout time the mammoth has evolved to not become extinct. In spite the fact that the mammoth
The word fork comes from the Latin furca, meaning "pitchfork". Some of the earliest known uses of forks with food occurred in Ancient Egypt, where large forks were used as cooking utensils.[1] Bone forks had been found in the burial site of the Bronze Age Qijia culture (2400–1900 BC) as well as later Chinese dynasties' tombs.[2] The Ancient Greeks used the fork as a serving utensil.[3] The Greek name for fork is still used in some European languages, for instance in the Venetian, Greek, and Albanian