Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Human Evolution
- BIOLOGICAL
EVOLUTION
- Skeletal Changes
linked to Bipedalism
- Valgus angle shifts knees
under center of gravity
- Non-divergent toe allows
"thrust" in walking
- Compare to Quadrapedal features
(Arms support weight, knuckle-walking;
spine not taking full weight)
- Broad and Shallow (cup-shaped) pelvis
supports internal organs- better
attachment for leg muscles
- Change in
Endocranial Features
- Changes in manipulative
ability of the hand
- Finer/ Precision Grip
- Greater Dexterity
- Finer Motor Control
- Opposable/Dexterous Thumb-
thumb able to touch finger
(tips) for precision grip
- Able to manipulate
smaller objects
- CULTURAL EVOLUTION
- Use of Tools
(Stone, Wood,
Bones)
- Oldowan
- Acheulian
- Mousterian
- Upper Paleolithic
- Use of Fire
- Use of Clothing
- Abstract Thought
- Communication
- Language
- Art
- Food Gathering
- Hunter-Gatherer
- Domestication of plants & animals
- Use of Shelter
- Caves
- Temporary Settlements
- Permanent Settlements
- SUB-GROUP OF HOMININS
- Human Biological Evolution
- Patterns of Dispersal of Hominins
- Living & Fossil Species
(Belonging to the Human
Lineage)
- Subgroup of hominids which includes both Humans and Great Apes
- Out of Africa
- MultiRegional
- Comparisons between
"Early Bipedal Hominins"
and "Living Hominids
(APES)"