History 8 Human Origins Concepts

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Concepts:

1. Reasons for rise of Australopithecines

2. Advantages and disadvantages of bipedalism

3. Australopithecus :lifestyle of Australopithecus

4. Reasons for extinction of Australopithecus

5. Characteristics of H. Habilis

6. Effects of Meat in diet

7. Sweating

8. Factors in Brain growth

9. Problems with large brain/solution

10. Characteristics of H. ergaster

11. differences with H. erectus

12. Climate and its effects

13. Glacial periods

14. Fire

15. Social development

16. H. heidelbergensis

17. Physical Characteristics of Neanderthals

18. Tools

19. Cultural life

20. Mental development

21. Characteristics of H. sapiens

22. Technology

• • Aurignacians

• • • Gravettians

• • • Magdalenians

• • • Natufians

23. blade and burin society

24. Weapons

• • • Gravettians

• • • Magdalenians

25. social organization

26. dispersed leadership

27. Cooperation and its Effects

28. Communication/Art

29. other advances

30. Explain both the multiregional and diffusionism/ Out of Africa hypotheses

31. ''H. Sapiens'' are the Only Hominid Left. Why?

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

33.The Aurignacians

34. ID Gravettians

35. ID Magdalenians

36. ID Natufians