Human evolution Flashcards

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70 MYA

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Vroegste primaten plitsen af van primitieve zoogdieren

Leken op huidige toepaja of boomspitsmuis

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2
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50 MYA

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Proconsul
Oudste fossiele mensaap achtige
Oost-Afrika

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3
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3-15 MYA

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Scheiding aap-mens

Australopithecus

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4
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2 MYA

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Homo erectus: Azie, Afrika

Eerste werktuigen, vuur

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5
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Homo sapiens neaderthalensis

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300 000 ABP

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6
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Homo sapiens sapiens

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40 000-130 000 abp

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7
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Richard leakey

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1969:
Lake Turkana
Small team
Intact fossilized skull Australopathicus bosei (1.75 MYA)
1984:
7 months, 1500 ton sediment
Turkana boy: 9 year old, entire skeleton homo erectus (1.5 MYA)

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8
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Hominids

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Upright Bipedal

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9
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4 Keystages in human evolution

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Origin of the human family: 7MYA bipedalism
Adaptive radiation: 7-2 MYA
Evolution of Homo sapiens: Language, consciousness, artistic imagination, technological innovation

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10
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Donald Johanson

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Lucy

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The First Humans: Darwin (1871)

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Two pillars of anthropology:
Where humans first evolved
Manner or form of that evolution
Neanderthals 
bipedalism, technology & large brain evolved in concert  (linked-evolution hypothesis)
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12
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The First Humans: Afred Russel Wallace

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Humans Cannot have evolved, Supernatural invenrtion

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The First Humans: Simons & Pilbeam

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Upper jaw bone of Ramapithecus: Possibly bipedal, complex social structure
first humans 15-30 MYA

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14
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The First Humans: Wilson & Sarich

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Blood proteins
5 MYA
3 Divergent lines (Homo, Pan, gorilla)
More complete skeleton of Ramapithecus showed that it was a early relative of Asian apes
Anatomical sim =/ evolutionary relatedness

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15
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The origin of mind: 3 Major revolutions

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Origin of life
Muticellular organisms
Consciousness

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The origin of mind: Sense of self

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Donald Griffin: animal conciousness
mirror test (gordon gallup)
Reflective consciousness
Deception
Sense of death
17
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The origin of mind: Is it for something or just a byproduct

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Encephalisation

Language, social abilities, problem solving, prediciton