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Human Evolution presentation notes WG

* Extinct Primates Allie * A Record of the Past Allie: 5 different types of primates, eyes on the side of their head. Their teeth were flat. Eyes became more in the front of the face after evolution occurred. * The Dating Game Allie: being to tell how far back the animals lived and the age of the fossils * Fossil Detectives Allie: are called paleontologist. * Ancient Environments Aubrey: sites containing hominid fossils * Examining the Evidence Aubrey: being able to walk on two feet. Able to withstand the heal- toe walking. * Reconstructing History Aubrey: can construct what we might have looked like roughly 50,000 years ago * Faces from Fossils Shelby: show how they looked. * Our Family Tree Shelby: human genoes found in DNA * Living Primates Shelby: all humans are 96 percent identical in DNA. Large brains, advanced vision, long life spans. They also have color vision to spot colorful fruits * DNA: Comparing Humans & Chimps Drew: every cell carries 3 billion base pairs.

* Evolution: How It Works Drew: the fate on a person depends on the features that they have * Tree of Life Drew * Family Resemblances Drew

The History of Human Evolution 16—pages (5 students) Nakia, Jennifer, William, Grant, Molly THURSDAY

* The First Humans Nakia: closely related to chimps because of the 99 percent similarity in DNA * Early Tools Nakia: sharp edges in order to cut meat * Turkana Boy Nakia: 	8-year-old boy kind of tall * Many Faces of Homo Jennifer: hominids and the first people on earth * Out of Africa Jennifer: vital travelers that marked the expansion of humans. Massive jaw was found, that show evolution took place * Peking Man Jennifer: discovered Homo erectus bones were lost during World War 2. Predators were hyena; they were the size of large lions. 150,000 years ago * Spreading through Asia William * The First Europeans William * New Migrants William * Evolution in Europe Grant: around 200,000 through 500,000 years old. * The Neanderthals Grant: the brain case of the Neanderthals was long. The toes of Neanderthals, and the fingers were said to be masculine. * The Origin of Our Species Grant: the new modern humans evolved from cannibalism. * The Arrival of Homo sapiens Grant: found in Jebel Quafzeh * Life during the Ice Age Molly: 	15,000 years ago. They live in the ice age * Expansion of Homo sapiens Molly: average height was 5’3 and male was 5’7. Homo sapiens made huts that weighed 15tons. Their skin was fairly dark because of the UV rays. * The Symbolic World Molly: Migrated into Indonesia. Modern human has high vertical forehead, narrow pelvis, etc. Homo sapiens carved into rock that was their “art”.

One Human Species 6—pages (2 students) Demarcus & Marie FRIDAY

* Leaving Africa Marie: humans lived in Africa 150,000. The fossils that were found prove this. * By Land and by Sea Marie: the first humans crossed the Asian continent ate seafood. About 60,00 years ago, humans crossed 100 kilometers of open water. * Steppes into Asia Marie: humans followed mammoth and bison herds arriving in the southern Siberia 43,000 years ago revealed by discoveries of ancient tools. * Moving into Europe Demarcus: first Homo sapiens settled in the Netherlands * The First Americans Demarcus: the water level were very low and there was a land bridge that joined both places, but it then faded away as the years progressed. * Beneath the Surface Demarcus: most African Americans are just as close to Americans of Europe than other humans.

What Makes Us Human? 7—pages (2 students) Monroe & Fax FRIDAY

* The Human Brain Monroe: 3lb brains, we have 100 billion neurons in our brain. They had the same skull structure for the past 150,000 years. * Language Monroe: we can make up their own language. * Music Monroe: naturally musically inclined. Humans can learn music. Its in all cultures around the world. Instruments went back even, 30,000 years old. * Art Monroe: Art is interwoven in every human culture * Tools and Technology Fax: tools founs to be 2.5 million years ago. The tools we use now have evolved from the ones they used so long ago. * A World of Human Expression Fax:! * The Science of Evolution Fax: the theory of evolution. people are starting to accept evolution.