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American Museum of Natural History Hall of Human Origins http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/

Understanding Our Past The History of Human Evolution One Human Species What Makes Us Human? Our Future

Understanding Our Past 14—pages (4 students) Allie, Aubrey, Shelby, Drew THURSDAY

* Extinct Primates Allie 5 types – 56 million years ago – eyes on side of head and flattened teeth Eyes started facing forward and ears got smaller * A Record of the Past Allie * The Dating Game Allie The dating game is carbon dating fossils. * Fossil Detectives Allie Fossils provide proof of when and where new species evolved. * Ancient Environments Aubrey Pollen was preserved in lake sediment told them what kind of environment the humans were living in. the tools also told different things about the time. They also look at animal bones and they can carbon date the bones to find the time period. * Examining the Evidence Aubrey Chimps are quadrupeds we are bipeds. Humans were a lot smaller 30,000 years ago * Reconstructing History Aubrey By looking at all these fossils they can tell that Small in stature, dark skin, not that much hair, lower jaw and one piece skull * Faces from Fossils Shelby Sima 5 is a hominoid. They make a cast and restore the skull. * Our Family Tree Shelby Humans are the only remaining ancestors of hominoids. First hominoid was found in 1856. Our DNA is 99 percent like a chimp * Living Primates Shelby We are the closest with the chimp but we are related to everything * DNA: Comparing Humans & Chimps Drew Chimp and bonnoboo are closest relatives to humans Chimps and humans evolved from a common ancestor 6 or 7 million years ago. There are lots of small DNA differences * Evolution: How It Works Drew Long time ago there were only single celled organisms. Mutations are what is the cause evolution. * Tree of Life Drew A diagram that shows how everything is related to each other. Made by comparing traits or DNA * Family Resemblances Drew Humans and badgers have two eyes The History of Human Evolution 16—pages (5 students) Nakia, Jennifer, William, Grant, Molly THURSDAY

* The First Humans Nakia 6 or 7 million years ago hominoids walked the African grasslands. Little foot had tiny feet he lived 4 to 2 million years ago * Early Tools Nakia hominoids had small brains and disproportioned bodies * Turkana Boy Nakia skeleton of 8 year old boy 5 feet tall * Many Faces of Homo Jennifer homo habilis means handy man. Upgraded tools from 1.5 million years ago. They were thinking about the tools. * Out of Africa Jennifer 1.8 million years ago people were found outside of Africa. Saber tooth tigers and other stuff. They ate saber teeth tiger kills. Longer jaw was found. * Peking Man Jennifer In china discovered homo erectus around for 1.5 million years. Hyenas were there biggest enemy because they were the size of lions. * Spreading through Asia William homo erectus were the most and best 1.5 million years java Indonesia was were they found them * The First Europeans William originated from Africa and migrated to Europe. Really migrated a million years ago * New Migrants William * Evolution in Europe Grant Neanderthals 200,000 to 500,000 years ago They made hand axes Never been able to put one together completely * The Neanderthals Grant Neanderthal brain case is long and low. Weak fingers and toes for modern species * The Origin of Our Species Grant they think they came from Africa. Found artwork in caves u to 35,000 years ago. Near modern humans were involved in cannibalism. * The Arrival of Homo sapiens Grant Ritual burials They had unusual brain characteristics. * Life during the Ice Age Molly ice age was 15,000 years ago build their houses out of mammoth bones ate meats and plants fair skin and dark skin * Expansion of Homo sapiens Molly last sapiens in the world people crossed in boats by the oceans firsr people to arrive in north America took 20000-15000 years * The Symbolic World Molly one of the first was found in south Africa it was an image of a horse it was engraved into limestone first art was paintings and engravings on stone a new form of art was terracotta they used wild horses for designs alot One Human Species 6—pages (2 students) Demarcus & Marie FRIDAY

* Leaving Africa Marie 150000 years ago they left * By Land and by Sea Marie migrated by land and sea they ate sea food from the Indian ocean 50-60000 years ago * Steppes into Asia Marie they followed mammoth and bison herds * Moving into Europe Demarcus humans are 99.9 percent dna identical homo sapiens and hominids never bred * The First Americans Demarcus there used to be a land bridge between asia and the west fossils are the most reliable sorce for figuring out humans * Beneath the Surface Demarcus although we are 99.9 percent similar, the .1 percent is millions of genes race can affect health because you came from different types of humans What Makes Us Human? 7—pages (2 students) Monroe & Fax FRIDAY

* The Human Brain Monroe brains are 2.5 percent of our body we have had the same brain and skull structure for 100,000 years * Language Monroe language is not programmed. We made a lot of our owns * Music Monroe humans are musically inclined we can learn different music it is in every culture some evidence of music instruments from 30000 years ago * Art Monroe art is in most human cultures 35000 year old cave paintings have been found * Tools and Technology Fax * A World of Human Expression Fax * The Science of Evolution Fax

Our Future 3—pages (Dr. Field--TUESDAY)

* Our Future Bodies * Our Future Environment * Our Future Universe