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III Humans and Other Primates
Humans and apes SHARE COMMON ANCESTOR
A. Primates
Primates-mammals-examples humans, apes, monkeys, ad lemurs
1. First Primates
Ancestors-small
Primates-larger brains, both eyes in front(binocular or 3-D vision, have opposable or bendable thumb-can grasp tools
2. Apes and Chimpanzees
Chimp-closest relative to man-share COMMON ANCESTOR, between 5-30 mil yrs ago-split and evolved differently
3 Hominids
humans and humanlike ancestors-hominids, bipedal(walking on 2 feet
human pelvis for upright walking
B. Hominids Through Time
Many different hominids lived, they varied
1. The Earliest Hominid
Could walk upright, flatter faces, from Africa, 6 to 7 mil yrs ago
2. Australopithecines
Early hominids-larger brains, stone tools, walked upright, Africa
3. A Variety of Early Hominids
Many lived at same time/ some were human ancestors
4. Global Hominids
2.3 mil yrs ago-Homo group on several continents
Homo-family of modern man
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
C. Recent Hominids
400,000 to 30,000 yrs ago
1. Neanderthal-Europe & Asia, clothes, buried dead, culture
400,000 to 30,000 yrs ago
2. Early and Modern Humans
Homo sapiens-40,000 yrs ago – now
created art, complex society
D. Drawing the Hominid Family Tree
share common ancestors, not direct line
