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| Tool culture of Homo Erectus and archaic Homo Sapiens. Tear-dropped shaped tools used as hand axes and choppers |
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| No tail, large brain, brachiating knuckle walkers |
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| Group of extinct omnivorous bipedal hominins |
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| Evolution of bone, muscle, physiology and inherited behaviour |
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| Walking on two legs. Only the Austalopithecus, Paranthropus and Homo geunus's |
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| Swinging by arms as apes do |
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| Area of brain that produces speech |
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| Bony projection protecting eyes. Prominent in early hominins |
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| Buttress of bone on the base of the femur. Humans have this on the outer base and other apes on the inner base. It prevents collapse of the knee inwards |
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| Raised back of skull that holds the brain |
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| Evolution of culture, weapons, art, music, rituals etc |
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| Gap between incisors and canines to allow for space for the large canines |
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| First animal to be domesticated |
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| Opening in the skull for attachment of the spinal cord |
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| Family that includes apes and humans |
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| First to build huts for shelter, use primitive speech and first to use and maintain a fire from a natural source which they used to cook food, exploit new habitats, avoid predators and provide light |
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| Cared for the injured and old. Buried dead and wore clothing |
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| Used upper Palaeolithic tools. Produced art forms and had spiritual awareness |
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| Tool culture of Neanderthals and early Homo Sapiens. More sophisticated and finely worked scrapers, spear tips and axe heads. Edges re-shaped and attached to other materials. Requires skill to make and techniques taught and learned. |
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| Dispersal hypothesis that states that populations largely evolved isolated, with some interbreeding, so evolved in parallel to become the species we are today with different regional races |
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| Attachment at the back of the skull for attachment of neck muscles |
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| Tool culture of the Homo Habilis. Pebbles with flakes knocked off one side |
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| Replacement Hypothesis/Out-Of-Africa |
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| Dispersal hypothesis that states that modern is evolved from african populations which left Africa about 200,000 years ago, as they moved out of Africa they replaced regional populations of Homo Erectus as they went. This is supported by mtDNA |
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| Bony projection on top of the cranium for attachment of chewing muscles |
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| The enviromental factors that favour certain phenotypes over others |
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| Where the male is larger and has structual differences from the female |
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| The ability of the body to keep cool |
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| Tools used by Homo Neanderthalensis and Homo Sapiens. Tools much more refined and large variety of specialised tools with range of uses shuch as spears, arrow heads and scrapers. Made from bone or wood |
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| Carrying angle. The angle between the femur and the tibia |
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| Area in the brain concerned with recognition of speech |
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| Bone structure on side of cheek through which the chewing muscles go |
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