Evidence For Human Evolution Flashcards

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Define evolution

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the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

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Recognised binomial species names

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Ardi , Lucy , homo habilis, homo erectus, Homo sapiens

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Explain how evidence from fossil and stone tools supports current ideas about human evolution

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Fossils show how much, or how little, organisms have changed over time. One of the problems with the fossil record is that it contains gaps.

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Recall how stone tools are dated from the environment

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They are dated from oldest to newest and to be made from something that is much older than the time during what it was made

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Describe how stone tools created by human like species have developed over time

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They have become easier to complex

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Describe the fossil evidence for human like species that live at 4.4, 3.2 and 1.6 million years ago

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Initially hand axis begin to appears then pebble course begin to appears and after that earlier snapped toes discovered

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