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Tracing Back The Human Bio-Cultural and Social Evolution

1) The document discusses human evolution from early hominids to modern humans. It describes key species in human evolution like Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens. 2) Early hominids made basic stone, wood, and bone tools for tasks like hunting and scavenging. Species like Homo habilis were more intelligent and organized than previous hominids. 3) Homo erectus was the first hominid to migrate out of Africa into Asia around 1.8 million years ago. They had physical features adapted for walking and were comparable in size to

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Tracing Back The Human Bio-Cultural and Social Evolution

1) The document discusses human evolution from early hominids to modern humans. It describes key species in human evolution like Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens. 2) Early hominids made basic stone, wood, and bone tools for tasks like hunting and scavenging. Species like Homo habilis were more intelligent and organized than previous hominids. 3) Homo erectus was the first hominid to migrate out of Africa into Asia around 1.8 million years ago. They had physical features adapted for walking and were comparable in size to

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Tracing Back the Human

Biocultural and Social Evolution


Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
• Darwin’s theory of evulotion and natural
selection declared that species survived through
a process called “Natural Selection,” where those
that successfully adapted, or evolved, to meet
the changing requirements of thier natural
habitat thrived, while those that failed to
evovled and reproduce died off.
The Biological and Cultural Evolution
• Ember (2002) explains that one of the most
controversial aspects of Darwin’s theory was
the suggestion that one species could, over
time, evolve into another.

• A species is a population that consists of


organisms’s able inter-breed and produce
fertile and viable offspring.
The Hominids
•It is one of the erliest members of the
primate family hominidae, containing
humans, their immediate ancestors, and
close extinct relatives.
Early Hominid Tools

Stone Tools
Early Hominid Tools

Wood Tools
Early Hominid Tools

Bone Tools
Early Hominid Lifestyle
Early Hominid Lifestyle
Early Hominid Lifestyle
Early Hominid Lifestyle
Early Hominid Lifestyle
4 Physical Features of Hominids
• 1. Body Size – enormously body size
• 2. Relative Brain Size – larger primates usually have
larger brains. Fruit-eating primates tend to have
relatively larger brains than leaf-eating primates.
• 3. Tool Making – only human primates such as apes
use tools, although several species of monkey use
“weapon” like branches, stones, or fruit.
• 4. Language – Only humans have symbolic spoken
language. But early human primates use alarms and
sounds.
Australopithecus
Australopithecus
Australopithecus
•The First Definite Hominid
•Existed 3.6 million years ago
•Capable of climbing and moving trees
•Bipedalism – They have the ability to
walk on two legs
Homo Habilis
Homo
Habilis
Homo Habilis
•Came from Tanzania, Kenya, and South
Africa.
•Known to exist around 2 million years ago.
•Developed tools primarily for their use in
scavenging
•Considered to be the more intelligent and
organized than the hominids
Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus
• First found in Java, later in China, and still later in
Africa
• Meaning “erect ape man”
• Evolved after Homo habilis
• Existed 1.8 million years ago
• They moved from Africa to Asia
Characteristcs of Homo Erectus
• Their skull was generally long,
low, and thickly walled with a
flat forntal area and prominent
brow ridges.
• They had relatively small teeth.
• They are the first hominid to
have third molars.
• They had prominent, projecting
nose
• They are comparable to modern
humans’ size.
Hominidae
Family

Austalophitecus
Homo Homo Homo
Habilis Erectus Sapiens
Homo Sapiens
Homo Sapiens
Homo Sapiens
• Evolved from homo erectus
• 500,000 – 200, 000 years ago
• They were also classified as Homo Sapiens
Neandertalensis or Homo Neandertalensis by
some anthropologist.
• Argued to be the evolved into Humans
A) True or False
B) Enumeration
1. What are the tools that early hominids used? Explain the
use of each tool.
2. Enumerate the Four (4) Physical Features of Hominids.
3. Identify the four (4) Hominidae Family. Describe each.

c) Essay
Explain the importance of understanding the biological
evolution of man. (10 points)
Explain the early lifestyle of the Hominids. (10 points)

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