ucsp Flashcards
a natural process of biological changes occurring in a population across successive generations
EVOLUTION
assumes to be the intermediate between man and ape. where is it discovered?
AUSTALOPITHECUS WAS DISCOVERED IN PLEISTOCENE CAVE DEPOSITED OF SOUTH AFRICA IN 1924 BY DART
Australopithecus has been divided into four species based on the thin teeth, jaw and brain size
- AFARENSIS
-AFRICANUS
-ROBSTUS
-BOISEI
the evolutionary of human characteristics that differentiate hominids distinct from their primate ancestors.
HOMINIZATION
the first hominid discovered by Richard Leakey and Meave Leaky on Kenya 1972
HOMO RUDOLFENSIS
species name means “handy man” because of ability to make and use tools
HOMO HABILIS
the species name means “upright man” with body proportions similar that of modern humans
HOMO ERECTUS
species nicknamed “hobbit” due to their small stature with a height of more or less 3 feet and lived 95,000 to 17,000 ya in the islands of Flores, Indonesia
HOMO FLORESIENSIS
first of early human species to live in colder climates, first to hunt large animals on routine basis using spears and first to construct human shelter
HOMO HEIDELBERGENSISs
this species name means “wise man” that appeared from 200,00 yo
HOMO SAPIENS
What Hominid is Lucy and where did she get her name?
Homo afarensis and Lucy in the Sky with DIamonds
The first to practice burial of their dead, hunting and gathering food and sewing clothes from animal skin
Homo Neanderthalensis
Knows as CRO- MAGNON characterized to be anatomically modern humans and lived in the last Ice Age of Europe
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
The long process of improving the humans everyday living through innovation and creating mechanisms with the intention of harmonizing
HUMANIZATION
OLD STONE PERIOD
PALEOLITHIC AGE