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⩥ What are the hidden costs of the Homo Erectus' bigger brain?
Answer: - Modern brains consume 25% of our body's energy
- A greater necessity for nutrition from savanna environment.
⩥ How did Homo erectus get meat?
Answer: - Endurance running
- Lack of thick coat of body hair, allowed Homo erectus to remain cool
via sweating while running for extended periods.
⩥ How do we know if Homo erectus had hair or not?
Answer: Look at the louse. Humans have one kind for their head and
one for their pubic area, probably because they became geographically
isolated when we lost our hair. The pubic lice species came from contact
with gorillas.
⩥ When did human pubic louse and the gorilla louse diverge?
,Answer: About 3 million years ago
⩥ What is the disadvantage for most animals that hunt and why?
Answer: If they have hair, they can only cool down by panting,
- however they cant pant when they run
- that means they can only run in short sprints
⩥ How did homo erectus hunt down their meat?
Answer: They stalked them and ambushed them.
They would run their prey to exhaustion.
NEVER let it rest!
⩥ What are characteristics of Homo Florensies?
Answer: "hobbit like"
- small brain
- primitive limbs
- stone tools
Enigma??
⩥ Where did Homo florensies come from?
Answer: - Just a dwarfed population of modern people
- "island dwarfism"
, - descended from more primitive ancestor
⩥ describe homo erectus
Answer: fire-makers, first ancestors, tool makers, hunter, colonized,
created first human societies
⩥ when/where did homo erectus first appear?
Answer: 1,300,000 years ago in Africa's great rift valley
⩥ what is the physical appearance of homo erectus?
Answer: many variations; ape-like creatures with small brains (ex.
LUCY 3 ft. 8, brain size of chimp)
⩥ What makes them the "first human societies?"
Answer: creativity, intelligence, caring for each other
⩥ What and where is the Great Rift Valley?
Answer: East Africa, first homo erectus skull
⩥ Describe Turkana Boy in detail
Answer: Complete skeleton, arms legs ect. -homo erectus, 5'3'' tall, build
closer to man's than ape, lower forehead/smaller brain capacity in