Human Evolution

What is human evolution?

• Long process of change by which primates became modern humans

• Long process of change by which humans became modern primates

• Long process of change by which hominids turn into humans

• Long process of change by which humans became homo habilis

I am a Homo Habilis...What am I known for?

• I am able to speak latin

• I am able to start a fire

• I can make tools

• I can paint the walls

Bipedalism is...

• The ability to stand up

• The ability to ride a bike and move its pedals

• The ability to walk on both feet

• The ability to contro

Why is Homo Habilis considered the first species to be human?

• Because of his toolmaking skilss

• Because they developed language

• Because they developed art

• Because they discovered fire

Three physical changes in the process of human evolution are

• Opposable thumb, free hands and Bipedalism

• Bipedalism, decrease of the brain/skull and increase of jaw/teeth

• Bipedalism, increase of the brain/skull and decrease of jaw/teeth

What do we share in common with primates?

• Common Ancestors

• Humans evolved from monkeys

What allowed the opposable thumb to evolve was

• Decrease of jaw/teeth

• Decrease of skull

• Bipedalism

• Increase of the brain

What characteristic did early hominins share with modern humans?

• Speech and language

• The inability to live in groups

• Small brains

• Bipedalism

If you wanted to excavate fossils of the earliest human ancestors, to what country might you travel?

• Australia

• China (Asian continent)

• Kenya (African continent)

• Iceland

...... were the first homonids to create and use stone tools, an ability that reduced selection pressures for large jaws and teeth.

• Homo sapiens

• Homo erectus

• Homo habilis

• The australopithecus