Scribd
Upload
185 views

Evolution

[1] Hominization refers to the evolutionary development of human characteristics that distinguish humans from their primate ancestors. The two main hominid genera were Australopithecus and Homo. [2] Lucy, dated to 3.2 million years ago, was an early example of the species Australopithecus afarensis. Though more ape-like in some features, Lucy walked upright and had smaller teeth and a smaller brain than chimpanzees. [3] Homo habilis, dating back around two million years ago, were the first toolmakers and had larger brains than australopithecines. They developed basic stone tools for scavenging

Uploaded by

Ermie Lancero
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
185 views

Evolution

[1] Hominization refers to the evolutionary development of human characteristics that distinguish humans from their primate ancestors. The two main hominid genera were Australopithecus and Homo. [2] Lucy, dated to 3.2 million years ago, was an early example of the species Australopithecus afarensis. Though more ape-like in some features, Lucy walked upright and had smaller teeth and a smaller brain than chimpanzees. [3] Homo habilis, dating back around two million years ago, were the first toolmakers and had larger brains than australopithecines. They developed basic stone tools for scavenging

Uploaded by

Ermie Lancero
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 39

ORIGIN

ANSWERS
1.Frog
2.Baboon
3.Squirrel
4.Human
5.Orangutan
6.Chimpanzee
What distinguishes humans
from other animals?
Do you agree with the
naturalist’s theory that
humans originated from
bonobos or pygmy
chimpanzee? Why?
Hominization
• Evolutionary development of human
characteristics that made Homonids
distinct from their primate ancestors.
• Hominids- one of the earliest members
of the primate family homindae,
containing humans, their immediate
ancestors and close extinct relatives.
TWO GENERA:
Australophithecus and Homo
AUSTRALOPITHECUS:
The First Definite Hominid
From Latin ralis, meaning
'southern',
and Greek pithekos, meaning
'ape’
PHYSICAL FEATURES
-Teeth share basic
hominid characteristics
of small canines, flat
and thickly enameled
molars; parabolic dental
arch
-Bipedal
-Small brain as a
chimpanzee
• Tools are natural
tools found in
the natural world
• Carnivorous
• Stones found were
identified as
weapons to kill
animals
• Used sharp
branches to
cut raw meat
and razor-
sharp stones
to hunt
- 3.2 million-year-old ape
Lucy
- First Australopithecus Afarensis
- Remains are 40% complete
- Discovered by Donald Johanson in
Hadar, Ethiopia
WHAT DID LUCY LOOK LIKE?
- Mixture of ape and human features
- 3 and a half feet (107 cm)
Why was Lucy named Lucy?
Inspired by repeated playings of "Lucy in
the Sky With Diamonds" at a celebratory
party on the day the specimen was found,
researchers gave it the Beatles' mod
moniker.
HOMO HABILIS
• Known from Tanzania,
Kenya and South Africa
• Dated to exist around
two million years ago
PHYSICAL FEATURES
• Lightly built brain-
case projecting face
and jaws relatively
large front teeth, but
small narrow teeth
• Body size was 25-40kg
with long powerful
muscled arms and hands
suggesting climbing
ability and short hind
limbs
• First tool
makers of human
history
• “Handy man”
• Started the
Stone Age by
their tool
making skills
• Developed tools
primarily for
their use in
scavenging
• Eugene
HOMO ERECTUS
Dubois- Dutch anatomist
digging in Java, Indonesia found
Pithecanthropus erectus, meaning
“erect ape man”
PHYSICAL FEATURES
• Skull was long, low and thickly
walled with a flat frontal area and
prominent brow ridges.
• Had relatively small teeth
• First hominid to have third molars
that were smaller than the second
or first molars
• Brain averaging 895-2,040 cubic
centimeters, larger than the found
in n australopithecus
• Prominent, projecting nose
• First to make fire
• Still use tools to
hunt animals
• Have more complex
tools than Homo
Habilis
• First to use
powerful and
dangerous hand axe
to help them hunt
bigger and more
dangerous animals.
HOMO NEANDERTHALSENSIS
• Discovered in the Neander
Valley in Germany
Neander “Neuman”- New Man
Tal- Valley
PHYSICAL FEATURES
• Massive brain
• Large torso, short limbs,
broad nasal passages
• Heavier brow ridge and
sloping forehead
• Larger rib cage
• Broader pelvis
• Larger ankle joint
• Primitive in
comparison to
modern man but
they exhibited
similar mental
sophistication
by wearing
animal skins
and furs
• Extremely good
hunter
• First to bury
their dead
HOMO SAPIENS
• “Wise Man”
• Species where
modern man came

PHYSICAL FEATURES
• Smaller face
• Lighter skull
• Bigger provision
of brain
• Straighter limbs
• Experts stated that Homo Sapiens originated
from Africa
• Tabon Man and Callao Man of the Philippines
• Believed to be the first to alter their
environment and utilize their resources
• First to control the growth and breeding of
some plants and animals
• Learned to settle in one place to another
to develop their food production
* Gave birth to villages and towns
• Eventually, they learned how to
communicate; symbols and language were born
ANSWERS
1.Homo Habilis
2.Homo Erectus
3.Homo Sapiens
4.Homo Erectus
5.Homo Sapiens
6.Homo Neanderthals
• What is the importance of studying human
evolution?

• What do you think is the foremost


contributing factor why the human has
evolved into what he is right now?

• How does the discovery of Tabon Man


change the previous notion that the
Philippines was only populated by
migrants from neighboring Asian countries
during the precolonial period?
HOME WORK
• Research and study the following
topics:
- Paleolithic Age
- Neolithic Age
- Copper Age
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Democratization
-Features of Civilization

You might also like