1. Outline:Sex Mitochondrial Eve Adam? Clothing and lice! Homo sapiens v. Neanderthals! Readings: Shriver, M.D. & Kittles, R.A. (2004). Genetic ancestry and the search…

Slide 1 The Earliest African Emigrants Why they left is a mystery A greater range of physical variation in specimens outside of Africa at about 1.8 mya Into Java, Indonesia…

THE HOMINIDS Ardipithecus ramidus 5.8-4.4 Mya Distribution: Ethiopia Very similar to chimps Molar are apelike: Canines are more hominid-like Bipedalism- maybe Australopithecus…

BECOMING HUMAN PART 1 NOVA Early Hominoid â Where to Look? Rift Valley of East Africa Southern Africa 3 Major Groups Pre-australopiths (7-4.4mya) Australopiths (4.2- 1 mya)…

Hominidae is family containing great apes and humans Species that had many similarities to humans, and that were in the genera Australopithecus and Homo have gone extinct.…

BECOMING HUMAN PART 1 NOVA Early Hominoid â Where to Look? Rift Valley of East Africa Southern Africa 3 Major Groups Pre-australopiths (7-4.4mya) Australopiths (4.2- 1 mya)…

The Earliest African Emigrants Why they left is a mystery A greater range of physical variation in specimens outside of Africa at about 1.8 mya Into Java, Indonesia by 1.6…