EUGENE

BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION FROM
HOMINIDS TO HOMO SAPIENS
PRESENTED BY: EUGENE KYLE CABBAB

GRADE 11-GARNET
Hominids
• “Manlike Primates”
• The term hominid comes
from the family name
Hominidae and under the
Simpsonian classification
includes modern humans and
our evolutionary ancestors
back to the separation of the Image Source:
human line from that leading https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-in-a-name-hominid-

versus-hominin-216054/
to the living African apes.

• The development of the different species of primates which were
able to evolve in 40 million years ago. There have been various relics
of hominids which could be described as manlike primates. They
are Ramapithecus, Lucy and Australopithecus.
• Traditionally, three general features have been recognized as being
characteristic of the hominids (Le Gros Clark, 1964; Pilbeam, 1972).
1. bipedal locomotion (walking with two feet)
2. have relatively large brain size in relation to body size
3. has reduced dentition and particularly a reduced anterior
dentition.
Homo Habilis
• Its name, which means ‘handy

man’, was given in 1964 because
this species was thought to
represent the first maker of stone
tools.
• The apelike men who first to
used stone tools as weapons and
protection of their enemies. Image Source:
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/
species/homo-habilis
They lived about 2.4 to 1.4

million years ago.
• This species, one of the earliest members of the genus Homo, has
a slightly larger braincase and smaller face and teeth than
in Australopithecus or older hominin species.
• Dental microwear studies suggest that the diet of H. habilis was
flexible and versatile and that they were capable of eating a broad
range of foods, including some tougher foods like leaves, woody
plants, and some animal tissues, but that they did not routinely
consume or specialize in eating hard foods like brittle nuts or seeds,
dried meat, or very hard tubers.
• Many scientists think early Homo, including H. habilis, made and
used the first stone tools found in the archaeological record—these
also date back to about 2.6 million years ago.
Homo Erectus
• “The Upright Man”
• It was believed to be the first man like
creature that lived about 500,000 years ago
in Asia, Africa and Europe. This manlike
specie could walk straight with almost the
same brain with modern man. He made
refined stone stools for hunting and weapons
for protection of the enemies. The following
are the major discovered fossils: a.
Pithecanthropus Erectus “Java Man” – Image Source:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Homo-erectus
Discovered by Eugene Dubois at Trinil, Java,

Indonesia in 1891. b. Sinanthropus Pekinensis
“Peking Man” –Discovered at Choukoutien
village, Beijing, China in 1929.
• -Early H. erectus had smaller, more primitive teeth, a smaller
overall size and thinner, less robust skulls compared to later
specimens. The species also had a large face compared to
modern humans. Like Neanderthals, their skull was long and
low, rather than rounded like our own, and their lower jaw
lacked a chin.
• -H. erectus was the first human species to make handaxes
(Acheulean tools). These were sophisticated stone tools crafted
on two sides. They were probably used to butcher meat, among
other purposes.
Homo Sapiens
• “The Thinking Man”
• The name Homo sapiens was applied in 1758 by the father of
modern biological classification, Carolus Linnaeus.
• It was believed that this was the direct descendant of modern
man who lived about 250,000 years ago. They originated as
the primitive men whose activities were largely dependent on
hunting, fishing and agriculture. They buried their dead, used
had tools and had religion. The following are Homo Sapiens
subspecies:
a. Neanderthal Man –Discovered in Neanderthal valley
near Dusseldorf, Germany in 1856 who lived in cave and
dependent in hunting and fishing.
b. Cro-Magnon Man – Discovered by a French Image Source:
archaeologist Louis Lartet in the Cro Magnon Cave in Southern https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/938513/
view/homo-sapiens-jebel-irhoud-illustration
France. It was believed to live in Europe, Asia and Africa.
• The earliest Homo sapiens had bodies with
short, slender trunks and long limbs. The
earliest Homo sapiens had a relatively simple
culture, although it was more advanced than
any previous species.
• Homo sapiens made stone tools such as
flakes, scrapers and points that were similar This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC
in design to those made by the Neanderthals

(Homo neanderthalensis). This technology
appeared about 250,000 years ago,
coinciding with the probable first appearance
of early Homo sapiens.
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
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BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION FROM

HOMINIDS TO HOMO SAPIENS

PRESENTED BY: EUGENE KYLE CABBAB

human line from that leading https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-in-a-name-hominid-

to the living African apes.

• Its name, which means ‘handy

They lived about 2.4 to 1.4

Discovered by Eugene Dubois at Trinil, Java,

in design to those made by the Neanderthals

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!

I HOPE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE NEW

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