Origins of Humankind Webquest



Origins of Humankind Webquest



Once on the page, read and click on the right arrows until you see a timeline. On the bottom of this blue box, click on “hominid family tree” for access to the list of the fossils below. Then, simply click on the name to read and answer questions about each hominid. This will help you evaluate the skulls we observed in the lab.

Australopithecus afarensis

1. Compare A. afarensis’ brain to the modern human brain.

2. How tall were the males and females?

3. Where did they live and what did they eat?

Australopithecus boisei

4. Which other species has a similar body and brain size to A. boisei?

5. Where did A. boisei live and what did they eat?

Homo habilis

6. What does Homo habilis mean? Why is this an appropriate name?

7. Compare H. habilis’ brain to the Australopithecus’ brain.

8. How tall was H. habilis?

Australopithecus robustus

9. What skull structure did A. robustus have to explain its ability to grind tough food?

10. What type of habitat did it live in?

Homo erectus

11. What is unique about where H. erectus lived?

12. What THREE species do some scientists split H. erectus into?

Homo heidelbergensis

13. Compare H. heidelbergensis’ brain and skull with H. erectus and modern humans.

14. Compare H. heidelbergensis’ skeleton and teeth with H. erectus and modern humans.

Homo neanderthalensis

15. Compare the average H. neanderthalensis brain to a modern human?

16. What climate did H. neaderthalensis live in?

17. What were H. neanderthalensis’ bones like and what did this mean?

Homo sapiens

18. When did H. sapiens first appear in the fossil record?

19. What changes have the fossil record shown during the past 100,000 years?

20. What advances occur with H. sapiens about 40,000 years ago?

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