BIOCULTURE Flashcards
refers to the changes, modifications, and variations in the genetics and inherited traits of biological populations from one generation to another.
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
The best-known member of Australopithecus
AU. AFARENSIS
a species represented by more than 400 fossil specimens from virtually every region of the hominin skeleton
AU. AFARENSIS
90 percent of the fossils assigned to Au. afarensis derive from
Hadar
40-percent-complete skeleton of an adult female named
lucy
remains of at least nine adults and four children buried together at the same time
the first family
Homo lived in how many years ago
2.4 to 1.4 million years ago
Thisspecies, one of the earliest members of the genus
HOMO
has aslightly LARGER BRAINCASE AND SMALLER FACE AND TEETH than inAustralopithecus
homo
Its name, which means ______’, was given in 1964 because this species was thought to represent the first maker of stone tools
Handy man
sometimes called Homo ergaster
homo erectus
the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions
homo erectus
homo erectus is also called as
homo ergaster
These features are considered adaptations to a life lived on the ground, indicating the loss of earlier tree-climbing adaptations, with the ability to walk and possibly run long distances. Compared with earlier fossil humans, note the expanded braincase relative to the size of the face
homo erectus
and used a diverse set of sophisticated tools, controlled fire, lived in shelters, made and wore clothing, were skilled hunters of large animals and also ate plant foods, and occasionally made symbolic or ornamental objects.
homo neanderthanlensis
deliberately buried their dead and occasionally even marked their graves with offerings, such as flowers. No other primates, and no earlier human species, had ever practiced this sophisticated and symbolic behavior.
homo neanderthalensis
The species that you and all other living human beings on this planet belong
homo sapiens
The species that you and all other living human beings on this planet belong
homo sapiens
not only made and used stone tools, they also specialized them and made a variety of smaller, more complex, refined and specialized tools including composite stone tools, fishhooks and harpoons, bows and arrows, spear throwers and sewing needles.
prehistoric homo sapiens
evolved a unique combination of physical and behavioral characteristics, many of which other early human species also possessed, though not to the same degree.
modern humans
changes or development in cultures form a simple form to a more complex form of human culture.
cultural evolution
Four Biological Capacity of Human to Develop Culture
bipedalism (standing/walking capacity)
brain (thinking capacity)
use and make tools (gripping capacity)
language (capacity)
the ability to walk on two legs
bipedalism
the physical objects a society produces, things people create and use. These are tools, furniture, clothing, automobiles, and computer systems, to name a few.
material culture