History 8 Human Origins Concepts

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Concepts:

Advantages and disadvantages of bipedalism

Australopithecus Lifestyle

Reasons for extinction of Australopithecus

Homo habilis Characteristics

*Effects of Meat in diet

**Sweating

**Factors in Brain growth There were many factors in the brain growth of H. Ergaster and H. Erectus. Their diet began to include meat and the protien and nutrients from the meat gave their brains the necessary vitamins to grow and expand. Also, their means of getting food - hunting and scavenging - demanded more intelegence, to coem up with tactics concerning how to find food and what is good to eat. Also, the actual actions of making prmiative tools literaly expanded the brain capacity. Lastly, the search for material for tools required memory, unlike just eating grass os picking leaves off a tree did. For more information, go to page 18 in the the manual.

**Problems with large brain/solution

H. ergaster/ H. erectus Characteristics

**Climate and its effects

**Glacial periods

**Fire

**Social develpment

H. heidelbergensis

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

Natufians

What effect did settling down have on the species?