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