Thursday 18 June 2015
Sunday 7 June 2015
BBC Walking With Cavemen
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkmhsy_bbc-walking-with-cavemen-1of4_tech
1. To what group
of primates do humans belong to? ___________________
2. How long have
humans and their ancestors been present on Earth? ____________________
3. When did Homo sapiens first evolve?
_______________________
4. When did the
early hominid called “Lucy” live? ___________________
5. What was
different about A. afarensis from
other earlier primates? _________________________
6. What does Australopithecus mean?
______________________________
7. What caused the
change from jungle to grasslands to occur in Africa?
______________________________
8. What helped to
drive the evolution of larger brain size in
Australopithecines? _____________________________________________
9. What changes in
Lucy allowed her to walk more like a human than an ape?
_________________________________________________________
10. Fossils tell
us about physical changes – how can we determine how Lucy and other Australopithecines behaved?
______________________________
11. What are the
advantages of bipedalism (walking upright)?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12. When did P. boisei live? ____________________
13. What do teeth
fossils tell us about the diet of P.
boisei? _____________________________________________________________
14. Why were P. boisei considered specialists?
_____________________________________________________________
15. What was the
probable cause of the extinction of the P.
boisei?
16. What was the
first hominid to carry the genus name Homo?
________________________
17. How much
bigger was Homo habilis brains than P. boisei? ___________________ What does
Homo habilis mean? _________________________________
18. What did H. habilis make that earlier hominids
did not? _____________
19. What does Homo ergaster mean? When did they first
evolve? ____________________________________________________________
20. What changes
can be seen in the bones of this hominid?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
21. What
adaptations to the hot environment have appeared in Homo ergaster?
_____________________________________________________
22. What new tool
has H. ergaster created that helped
them modify their environment? _____________________________
23. What does Homo erectus mean? When did they first
evolve? ____________________________________________________________
24. What may have
allowed H. erectus to be able to move
around and travel so far?
_______________________________________________________
25. What did H. erectus learn to make tools from?
_____________________
26. When did Homo erectus go extinct?
_________________________
27. Did modern
humans evolve from H. erectus or H. ergaster? __________________________
28. Why did Homo ergaster go extinct? (Alec Baldwin
talks about this…) _____________________________________________________________
29. Why was the
use of fire by hominids so important to human brain evolution?
___________________________________________________
30. What hominid
had a brain almost as big as ours? _______________________________________
31. What was a
difference in behavior between H.
heidelbergensis and modern humans?
_______________________________________________
32. What climate
changes occurred in Africa and Europe that affected the evolution of Homo heidelbergensis? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
33. What hominid
evolved from H. heidelbergensis in
Europe? _______________________________________
34. What
adaptations to the cold climate do H.
neanderthalensis have?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
35. When did H. neanderthalensis go extinct?
______________________
36. What does Homo sapiens mean?
________________________________
37. When did the
first H. sapiens evolve?
____________________________
38. What
adaptations to heat did H. sapiens
have? _____________________________________________________________
39. When did Homo sapiens move out of Africa and
begin to spread across Asia and Europe? ___________________________
40. What does the
narrator say is the most important aspect to human brain evolution (and allowed
modern humans to evolve and survive)? _________________________________
Human evolution
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/human-lineage-through-time
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/interactive-documentary
Becoming Human is an interactive documentary experience that tells the story of our origins. Journey through four million years of human evolution with your guide, Donald Johanson.
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/mystery-skull-interactive
http://humanorigins.si.edu/education/fun-facts
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/interactive-documentary
Becoming Human is an interactive documentary experience that tells the story of our origins. Journey through four million years of human evolution with your guide, Donald Johanson.
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/mystery-skull-interactive
Mystery Skull Interactive
http://humanorigins.si.edu/education/fun-facts
Fun Facts: Check out some fun facts about human evolution!
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-family-tree
Human Family Tree
Friday 5 June 2015
Thursday 4 June 2015
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Monday 1 June 2015
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2015
http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
he
well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the
economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the
planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are
consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can
sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
he
well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the
economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the
planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are
consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can
sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
he
well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the
economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the
planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are
consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can
sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
he
well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the
economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the
planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are
consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can
sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of
the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the
planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are
consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can
sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
he
well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the
economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the
planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are
consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can
sustainably provide.
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption.
The WED theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.
- See more at: http://www.unep.org/wed/theme/sustainable-consumpion.asp#sthash.23t3I0QX.dpuf
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