Homework 3 is due 411 Bonus 2 is

Homework #3 is due 4/11. Bonus #2 is due W 4/4. Bonus #3 is due F 4/27.

Human Evolution

Human Population Growth CB 52. 22

CB 52. 12 What limits Carrying Capacity? …

Webpages and Articles about Homo floresiensis (the video)http: //www. pbs. org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/01. html (longer video)http: //video. google. com/videoplay? docid=6994801023942378577 http: //www. nature. com/nature/journal/v 437/n 7061/full/437957 a. html#B 13 http: //www. nature. com/nature/focus/flores/index. html

H. floresiensis: A new species?

Asian island of Flores

Liang Bua where remains were found

Typical objects found. Tools and bones.

Artists rendering of H. floresiensis

Floresiensis and sapien skull

Comparison of size: Pygmy, European, and H. floresiensis

Pygmy elephant

What about the tools? Was floresiensis “smart”?

H. Sapien and H. floresiensis brain

Relative brain to body size

So…Several individual skeletons were found of a small population ranging in age from ~90, 000 - 18, 000 years ago. They have relatively small brains, but might have been able to do sophisticated things.

Homo floresiensis: Are they a distinct species, and if so, how are we related?

Trait diversity may vary in different populations 57” 65” 73”

Human Evolution

H. floresiensis: A new species?

Yes: the number of similar individuals, the dates of existence (~90, 000 -18, 000 years old), and the different morphology.

Homework #3 is due 4/11. Bonus #2 is due W 4/4. Bonus #3 is due F 4/27. Webpages and Articles about Homo floresiensis (the video)http: //www. pbs. org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/01. html (longer video)http: //video. google. com/videoplay? docid=6994801023942378577 http: //www. nature. com/nature/journal/v 437/n 7061/full/437957 a. html#B 13 http: //www. nature. com/nature/focus/flores/index. html