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Human Evolution Flashcards

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Humans vs Primates

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Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes whereas chimps have 24 pairs

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Human chromosome 2 is a fusion between which two chimp chromosomes?

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12&13

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The neanderthals

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-neanderthals and modern humans co-existed in Europe as recently as 30,000 years ago

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100,000 years ago

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Europe-Homo neanderthalensis
Africa - Homo sapiens
Asia - Homo erectus

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25,000 years ago

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Homosapiens worldwide

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Humans vs neanderthals

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  • 7% differences showed that they split 600,000 years ago
  • we know modern humans evolved in Africa 130,000 years ago
  • implies neanderthals are NOT ancestral to humans
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Mitochondrial Eve

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-existed in Africa about 200,000 years ago

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