Human Evolution by Mr. Elias https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP Your group will be assigned one of the major humanoid species along our evolutionary chain. You will share your findings with the rest of the class. On the class Padlet create a post highlighting the following features: Time and Place Key Features (Max. 3) How they survived Why are they significant? (What did they do first?) Post a picture of your humanoid. http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-family-tree?WT.mc_id=20160218_Eng_bhptw&WT.tsrc=BHPTwitter&linkId=21394118 en-us 2017-05-15 11:46:23 UTC 2023-04-13 13:09:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Australopithecus Afarensis https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189439223 -Between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago
-Lived in Eastern Africa
-Grew up faster than humans
-Stood on 2 legs and regularly walked upright 
-1/3 the size of a normal human brain
-Males were an average height of 4"11
-Females were an average height of 3"5
-Flast nose]]> 2017-09-20 17:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189439223 Homo Erectus https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189439952 - Between 1.89 million years and 143,000 years ago
-Northern, Eastern, Southern Africa; Western and East Asia
-Elongated legs and shorter arms
-Heights ranged from 4 ft 9 and 6 ft 1
-First major innovation in stone tool technology (hand axe, cleavers, etc.) 
-First to use fire

]]> 2017-09-20 17:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189439952 Homo Neanderthalensis https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189440289 PLACE and TIME]]> 2017-09-20 17:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189440289 Homo Habilis https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189442709 -          First discovered in 1960; one of the earliest members of the genus Homo. 
-          Given the name of “handyman” because they were thought to represent the first maker of stone tools. 
-          Place: Lived in eastern and southern Africa. 
-          Time: Lived 2.4 -1.4 million years ago. 
-          Key Features: 
o   slightly larger braincase, smaller face and teeth 
o   weighed an average of 70 pounds 
-          How they survived: 
o   They were able to chew some hard foods because their tooth enamel was thick and their jaws were strong (they ate tough foods, but they didn’t specialize in eating hard foods). 
o   They made and used stone tools.
-          Why they are significant: 
o   Because they were the first to make and use stone tools. 
o   They realized that they could use the things in their environment to survive.
]]> 2017-09-20 17:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189442709 Australopithecus Africanus https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189445014 Time & Place
3.3 to 2.1 million years ago

Southern Africa

Key Features (max 3)

·        sApe-like features, longer arms, pronounced jaw
·       Larger brain
·       Smaller teeth

How They Survived

They gathered fruits and all that good stuff.
No stone tools, diet similar to modern chimpanzees (fruits, plants, nuts, seeds, roots, insects, eggs).

Why Are They Significant

Although they could walk bipedally, they still had shoulders/arms adapted to climbing.


]]> 2017-09-20 17:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189445014 Homo Sapiens https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189547290 Time and Place:
  • 200,000 years ago
  • Evolved in Africa
Key Features:
  • Brain size was approx 1300 cm3
  • Thin-walled, high vaulted skull, flat and almost vertical forehead
  • Had a lighter skeleton build than previous generations
How they Survived:
  • Specialized stone tools, more complex, refined, smaller (had a variety)
  • Gathered plants and hunted
  • Created towns, cities, and villages
  • Produced food to change their surroundings because they found they can change their surroundings
Why are they Significant: 
  • Modern humans have spread to every continent and vastly expanded their numbers
  • They have altered the world in ways that benefit them greatly such as they could control the growth and breeding of certain plants and animals.
  • The complex brains of modern humans enabled them to interact with each other and with their surroundings in new and different ways. As the environment became more unpredictable, bigger brains helped our ancestors survive. 
  • First to develop intellectual properties
]]> 2017-09-20 21:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189547290 Australopithecus Afarensis https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189566886  Time & Place:
-  3.85 to 2.95 million years ago
- Lived in Eastern Africa
Key Features:
- Has a small brain
- Long and strong arms
- Flat nose
How they survived:
 -Had a plant-based diet, including leaves, fruit, seeds, roots, nuts, and insects and sometimes small vertebrates, like lizards.
- The ability to live on the ground and in the trees as the climate and environment changed
Why are they significant:
 - The children grew quickly after birth and reached adulthood earlier than modern humans.
- One of the longest lived and best known to the early human species  


]]> 2017-09-20 23:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189566886 Homo Neanderthalensis https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189575759 When They Lived:
From about 400,000 to 40,000 years ago.
Area They Lived:
Generally in and around Europe, Southwest to Central Asia.
Physical Features:
The middle of their faces would protrude, large. They had angled cheekbones. They were also on the shorter end of the scale, and relatively stocky.
Methods of Survival:
They hunted large animals, but studies of their teeth also prove they probably consumed plants as well; however, their diets were still mostly meat-based, and were lacking in nutrients.
Significance:
As well as being one of the first primates to discover fire, they also created tools, weapons, and even "symbolic" or "ornamental" objects; one particular detail is that they buried their dead in a respectful manner, occasionally leaving flowers on top of the graves. This demonstrates a presence of complexity in thought that previous ancestors did not.
*One thing of note is that some studies may suggest they had been able to speak like us homo sapiens sapiens do, because of the placement, shape, and interaction of the hyoid bone in the throat (which is what supports the roots of our tongues, giving us the capacity to utter sounds to make language. www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25465102
(yes, I'm aware we're only supposed to use one source, but this seems beneficial.)

A picture below of the species:]]> 2017-09-21 00:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189575759 Homo Erectus continued https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189865656 - Could run long distances because they lived on the ground
- their teeth grew at the same rate as the Great Ape
-Main source of food was meat and other protein for energy
- Able to walk completely upright, hence the name Erectu]]> 2017-09-21 17:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Mr_Elias/HumanEvolutionHSP/wish/189865656