The Discovery Of The Cave

In the Article “Redrawing Humanity’s Family Tree” by John Noble Wilford, describes how two different skulls challenge the theories of human origins and migrations. The Central African skull, that dates back to nearly 7 million years ago, was assigned to a whole new genus and species because of its apelike and evolved hominid species. The 1.75-million-year-old Georgian skull shows evidence that the first hominids may have been intercontinental travelers who set motion the migrations that occupied the whole planet. Finally a third skull was found that is the same age and shares a resemblance but, the size of the skull suggests that the brain was smaller than expected for H. erectus.

The earliest stage of human evolution came to be found in Africa. Human history began about 7 million years ago and came from a descendant of the gorilla line. These early humans known as Homo erectus dispersed to different continents and started colonizations. Since every human being came from the same background it supports diamond’s theory that different human intellectuals wasn’t the cause of different advancements. As the inhabitants of Africa started to create new tools Europe and Asia began to follow this trend. As of some 400,000 years ago, Cro-Magnons in Europe developed modern skeletons, superior weapons, and other advanced cultural traits, a sign human evolution.

“How old is the oldest human fossil?,” If you had said about 700,000 years, you would probably have been right until just recently that is, “The September 1998 issue of Discover magazine”, reports that Ernesto Abbate, a geology professor from Florence, Italy, has just discovered the fossilized skull and teeth of a humanlike creature who might have lived, as far back as, one million years ago. Calling this creature Buia Man after the city in northeastern Africa where the remains were found. Prof. Abbate thinks he has discovered the earliest fossil that displays physical features associated with Homo sapiens, the species to which modern humans belong. Moreover, Buia Man says, Prof. Abbate also shows physical

Chapter 7 revolves around beginnings of human research into the idea of evolution and an introduction of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. This chapter has given us, as students, more knowledge and insight into the topic of evolution. Since we were little kids, we always thought of evolution as the theory that establishes the link between humans and monkeys or that the phrase “Survival of the fittest” meant that the strongest always prevailed over the weak. However, this chapter has given us more detailed knowledge and background information about evolution, allowing us to lift these rumors and myths from our minds.

“Analyses of the hominid indicate that they belonged to a previously unidentified species, which anthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and his colleagues are calling

This chapter starts off by explaining the evolution of the first human ancestors, which originated around seven million years ago. Historians and scientists were able to conclude that the closest living relatives of humans are the gorilla, bonobo, and the chimpanzee. All humans from the start originated and evolved in Africa. Of the many evolutionary stages of humans, Homo erectus was the first to migrate outward into other areas. Neanderthals have constantly been portrayed as unintelligent, desolate, and inconsiderate creatures, from past and present points of perspective, but evidence from archeological digs show they essentially cared for their sick and buried their dead. "The Great Leap Forward" is what Jared Diamond calls the earliest signs or evidence of uniform tools, bone tools, jewelry, and much more. This great leap was estimated to be around 50,000 years ago. Around the same period, hominids began to spread to New Guinea and Australia. As hominids adapted to their new surroundings, large animal species were wiped out because they weren’t evolved to defend themselves against hominids and other predators. The extinction of many large animal species in Eurasia occurred shortly after

The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the current results of testing of Neanderthal fossils. By providing a comparison analysis of Homo sapiens to Homo neanderthalensis we can see the fundamental differences as well as the advances of our evolution. By starting from the macro level and working toward the micro level we can see how sciences views of these creatures have evolved as well. The advances in scientific technology and ever expanding database of knowledge have revised conclusions to old theories. By the end of this scientific journey many readers will find out that Neanderthals are still alive today living in their genetic code

The earliest H. erectus is found in Arica, and one of most spectacular fossil comes from Nariokotome. According to these fossils, the anthologists found that H. erectus share some features with modern human beings. Firstly, the ratio of arm length and leg length of H. erectus is much more like human being. This feature means that H. erectus has adapted the life on the ground. Secondly, H. erectus has a larger brain size. Thirdly, a sets of footprints that are found in Ileret show us the footprints that can be dated to 1.5 may and we notice that H. erectus can walk like modern humans because they have same feet with us. In the process of cleaning the face bone of the Bodo skull, Tim White notice that there are many marks that left on the cheek, and he think these marks were made by stone tool and maybe it is a form of ritual, which may be a evidence that human try to

A longstanding view of human evolution holds that the first hominids to leave Africa did so with the help of bigger brains, longer legs and fancier tools than those of their predecessors. That scenario suffered a major blow a couple of years ago, however, when paleontologists working in Dmanisi, Georgia unearthed the oldest human remains yet found outside of Africa---two 1.7-million-year-old skulls belonging to early members of our genus, Homo--and discovered primitive tools alongside them. Now a new finding may topple another pillar of the theory. According to a report in the current issue of the journal Science,researchers working at the same site have recovered a third skull--one that housed a surprisingly small brain.

Ardipithecus Ramidus was discovered in the 1990’s. It is believed to be one of the earliest of our ancestors discovered yet, dating back to almost 4.4 million years ago. 24 years ago, between 1992-1993 hundreds of fossils were recovered in Ethiopia. According to Dorey (2015) “The finds number over 110 specimens and represent about 35 individual members of this species. Most of the remains are dental, but some skull and limb bones were also found.” “Ardipithecus is a genus of an extinct hominine that lived during Late Miocene and Early Pliocene in Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Originally described as one of the earliest ancestors of humans after they diverged from the main ape lineage, the relation of this genus to human ancestors and whether it is a hominin is now a matter of debate.” (Ardipithecus ramidus 2015)

During the early 19th century, scientists, archeologist and other scholars, speculated, studied and disagreed about the development of humans and our origins. Some experts theorized that humans are monogenism and developed into various varieties of species. Others argue that we

There is vast evidence that helps support the out-of-Africa theory, and if modern humans first evolved in Africa, there must have been distinct behavioral and morphological changes that occurred before leaving the African continent. Tattersall (2000) examined data from the fossil record, looking for evidence of cognitive and behavioral changes that were necessary for modern humans to acquire prior to spreading throughout the world. Fossils were used to compare the various parts of the skeletal structure of Neanderthals to H. sapiens found in Africa. Differences were found when comparing the rib cage and pelvis. With these differences found, a possible advantage of the structure of Homo sapiens over Neanderthals can be suggested. In addition,

Back in 2003, on the remote island of Flores in Indonesia, the 18,000 year old skeleton of a cavewoman shocked the world when it was discovered. What made this discovery so shocking and ground breaking? Her scientific name is Homo floresiensis, but she has been dubbed, the hobbit” because she was an adult aged female about 30 years old that is the size of a child. She stood approximately 3 feet 6 inches tall, had tiny brains, large teeth, hunched shoulders, no chin, receding forehead, and relatively large feet in comparison to her short legs (Smithsonian Institute). Despite her small brain her species still used tools, hunted small elephants and rodents, survived amongst predators like the Komodo dragon, and may have even used fire. Since her discovery in 2003, there have been a dozen more “hobbits” discovered. The question now is, is this a discovery of an entirely new species, or a genetic mutation? With research done from many different articles and what it scientifically known about the biology of these

One of the first humans, or hominids, was discovered to be living in the eastern and southern regions of Africa approximately three to four million years ago. They were named the Australopithecines, which means “southern ape-men.” These bipedal hominids developed basic stone tools. Another kind of hominid known as the Homo habilis, or “handy humans,” was discovered in Africa by Louis and Mary Leakey in 1959. The Homo habilis had a significantly larger brain than the Australopithecines. Equipped with a more complex brain, these hominids were able to not only walk upright, but also to gather various nutritionally beneficial foods such as seeds, nuts, and meats. But the Homo erectus,

Human evolution is the gradual process in which people, or Homo sapiens, originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence, particularly in the form of fossils and secondary remains, show that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people evolved over a period of approximately six million years. Humans are primates. Both genetic and physical similarities show that humans and the great apes (large apes) of Africa, chimpanzees (including bonobos, or so-called “pygmy chimpanzees”) and gorillas share a common ancestor that lived between 8 and 6 million years ago. The volume of fossils found in Africa suggests that most evolution occurred there and is likely the place of origin for early humans. This brings to fruition the “out of Africa” theory, also called the “single-origin hypothesis.”