History 8 Human Origins Concepts

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Concepts:

• Advantages and disadvantages of bipedalism

• Australopithecus

• Lifestyle of Australopithecus

• Reasons for extinction of Australopithecus

• Homo habilis Characteristics

• Effects of Meat in diet

• Sweating

• Factors in Brain growth

• Problems with large brain/solution

• H. ergaster/ H. erectus

• Characteristics of H. ergaster

• differences between H ergaster and H erectus

• H. heidelbergensis

• Climate and its effects

• Glacial periods

• Fire

• Social develpment

• Characteristics of Neandertal

• • Tools

• • Cultural life

• • Mental development

• Characteristics of H. sapiens

• • technology

• • blade and burin society

• • weapons

• • social organization

• • dispersed leadership

• • cooperation and its effects

• • communication/art

• • other advances

• Explain both the multiregional and diffusionism/ Out of Africa hypotheses

• H. sapiens is the only hominid left. Why?

• H. sapiens were able to settle in such diverse habitats. Give reasons and rationale.

• Id The Aurignacians

• ID Gravettians

• ID Magdalenians

• ID Natufians

• What effect did settling down have on the species?