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evolution\nThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871)\nDescribed human evolution\nSaw aesthetic factors (“looks”) as sexual attractors\nThomas Huxley\nEvidence as to Man’s Place in Nature (1863)\nFirst book to describe human evolution\nThese scientists wrote about human evolution before human fossil evidence was ever discovered\nFossil Evidence for Evolution\nPaleontology\nStudy of prehistoric life of all forms, typically using fossils\nPaleoanthropology\nStudy of prehistoric human life (and human ancestry), typically using fossils\nMary and Louis Leakey\nLifetimes dedicated to finding fossil evidence of human ancestors in Africa\nOlduvai Gorge\n“The Cradle of Mankind”\nGreat Rift Valley in eastern Africa (Tanzania)\nErosion reveals layers of datable artifacts, bones, and fossils going back 2,000,000 years\nHominid Evolution\nHominids = “great apes”\nChimpanzees, gorillas, humans, and orangutans\nNumerous intermediary fossils have been found\nBut scientists disagree on which are human ancestors and which are evolutionary dead ends\nHuman Evolution\nHomo habilis\n2.4 to 1.4 million years ago\nFossils found in southern and eastern Africa\nUsed simple bone and stone tools\nNicknamed “handy man”\nHomo erectus\n1.8 million years ago to 70,000 years ago\nFirst human ancestor to walk fully upright\nSome made complex stone tools\nExample – “Peking Man”\nDescendants were humans and neanderthals\nNeanderthals\nHomo sapiens neanderthalensis\nCirca 400,000 to 30,000 years ago\nLived in Europe and Asia\nArchaeogenetics – analysis of ancient and modern DNA\nComparison of human and Neanderthal DNA shows that humans are not descended from Neanderthals\nGenes reveal that Neanderthals had red hair and fair skin\nFair skin developed to aid in the absorption of Vitamin D from the sun in areas far north of the equator\nConvergent evolution – different species (such as humans and Neanderthals) developing same characteristic(s)\nHumans – Homo sapiens\n“Homo” (Latin) means “man” or “human”\n“Sapiens” (Latin) means “wise” or “intelligent”\n“Homo sapiens” = “wise man” or “wise human”\nHumans and Neanderthals both considered “sapiens”\nAnatomically modern humans in Africa by 200,000 years ago\nMiddle Paleolithic period\nMitochondrial “eve”\nMitochondrial DNA\nDNA that is passed from women\nMitochondrial “Eve”\nLived 60,000 to 250,000 years ago\nMost recent common female ancestor of all living humans\nLived in or around modern-day Tanzania in Africa\nShe was part of a group of early humans\nBut only her mitochondrial DNA survives today\nY-chromosomal “Adam”\nY-chromosome\nDNA that is passed from men\nY-chromosomal “Adam”\nCirca 60,000 years ago\nMost recent common male ancestor of all living humans\nLived in Africa\nHe lived as part of a group of early humans\nBut only his Y-chromosome survives today\nHumans – Homo sapiens sapiens – “Us”\nFully modern humans (like us) in Africa by around 60,000 years ago\nDescendants of Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam\nCulture, language, music, etc.\n“Out of Africa” theory\nArchaeogenetics (analysis of ancient and modern DNA) shows that humans began spreading throughout, and out of, Africa beginning around 60,000 years ago\nEarly human migrations\nHumans left southeastern Africa and spread throughout the continent\nHumans traveled along the Indian Ocean to reach Australia\nBy 10,000 years ago, modern human beings had spread all over the globe\nEarly Human Migrations: Route of mDNA\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nNumbers are thousands of years before the present.\n← Africa\n↑\nNorth America\nReview Questions\nWho was the first person to link biological diversity to evolution?\nWhat family of paleontologists dedicated their lives to finding the fossils of human ancestors at Olduvai Gorge in Africa?\nWhat has archaeogenetics told us about Neanderthals?\nWho was Mitochondria","cbCaikDwg0kJIdqa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikDwg0kJIdqa","ppt",1069568,12,"English","# First Theories of Human Evolution\n## Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley\n## On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man\n# Fossil Evidence for Evolution\n## Paleontology and Paleoanthropology\n## Leakey Family and Olduvai Gorge\n# Hominid Evolution and Human Evolution\n## Intermediary fossils and scientific debate\n## Homo habilis and Homo erectus\n## Neanderthals and Homo sapiens\n# Genetic Evidence and Migration\n## Mitochondrial “Eve” and Y-chromosomal “Adam”\n## Convergent evolution\n## Out of Africa theory\n# Review Questions","[{\"question\":\"Who was the first person to link biological diversity to evolution?\",\"answer\":\"Charles Darwin is credited as the first to link biological diversity to evolution.\"},{\"question\":\"What has archaeogenetics told us about Neanderthals?\",\"answer\":\"Comparison of ancient and modern DNA shows that humans are not descended from 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