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Human Evolution lab

Human Evolution lab. Introduction to Paleoanthropology. Objectives:. Learn about Primates, hominids and hominoids. Learn about cladistics and Phylogenies Create a human Phylogeny using the fossil reproductions in lab by Collecting data from the skulls

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Human Evolution lab

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  1. Human Evolution lab Introduction to Paleoanthropology

  2. Objectives: • Learn about Primates, hominids and hominoids. • Learn about cladistics and Phylogenies • Create a human Phylogeny using the fossil reproductions in lab by • Collecting data from the skulls • Learning significant characters for comparison • Construct a cladogram from your data • Observe how different conclusions may be made from the same data set. • View a video recreation of significant stages of human evolution

  3. Orangutan and Gorilla

  4. Brain case features Facial features Dental features

  5. Geographic Regions and Ages of the Fossils: • 1- East Africa, 3.9-3.0 MYA • 2 – East Africa, 1.9-1.7 MYA • 3 – Africa, Asia, and Europe, 1.8 MYA-0.3 MYA • 4 – East Africa, 2.3-1.6 MYA • 5 – Europe and the Middle East (West Asia), 0.2 -0.03 MYA • 6 – Africa, Asia, and Europe, 0.6-0.1 MYA • 7 – South Africa, 3.0-2.3 MYA • 8 – Africa, Asia, and Europe (and later worldwide), 0.15 MYA-present

  6. Australopithecus bosie & Homo erectus

  7. Neanderthal

  8. FACIAL SLOPE

  9. Facial slope

  10. Facial slope

  11. Supraorbital bridge

  12. Supraorbital bridge

  13. Forehead

  14. Forehead

  15. Sagittal crest

  16. Foramen magnum

  17. CRANIAL MODULE

  18. Cranial Module- length

  19. Cranial Module- depth

  20. Cranial Module- width

  21. Nasal bones - arched

  22. Nasal bones - flat

  23. Prognathism

  24. Postorbital constriction

  25. Facial width Zygomatic arch

  26. Shape of Dental Arcade

  27. Canines - above chewing surface

  28. Canines - below chewing surface

  29. Incisors – angled out

  30. Incisors- vertical

  31. Tooth row length2 premolars + 3 molars

  32. Diastema – gap for long canine

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