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Human Evolution

from Lucy to modern Homo sapiens...how did it happen?

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primate characteristicsgrasping hands, color vision, binocular vision
anthropoid characteristicsopposable thumb, rotating shoulder, paritially rotating elbow
hominid characteristicsbipedalism, larger brain
bipedalwalking primarily on two legs
quadrapedalwalking on four limbs
Australopithicinesearliest bipedal hominids
hominidsbipedal primates
age of Lucy3.2 my
Homo habilisearliest Homo "handy man" about 2 mya
Homo erectusfirst to leave Africa about 1 mya
Neanderthalsevolved from H. erectus about 200,000 ya in Europe and Asia
Homo sapiensevloved from H. erectus about 200,000 ya in Africa
great apegorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan
recent African origin hypothesisH. sapiens migrated from Africa about 100,000 ya
multiregional hypothesisH. erectus migrated from Africa about 1 mya and evolved into H. sapiens in several regions
Laetolilocation of 3.5 my old fossil footprints
Hadarwhere Lucy was found
prosimiansprimative primates that are nocturnal and live in trees


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