Sample Focus Term Question:

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• Sample Focus Term Question
• Charles Darwin proposed that _____ was the home
  of the first humans.
• a) Southeast Asia
• b) Eurasia
• c) Africa
• d) Europe

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• Sample Focus Term Question
• 2. Homo habilis was most significantly
  distinguished from australopithecines by his
• a) greater speed.
• b) less body hair.
• c) consumption of seeds.
• d) larger brain.

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• Lesson 1 Hominid Evolution and the Paleolithic
  Age
• Lesson Question What does it mean to be human?
• Lesson Objectives The students will understand
  the origins of hominid species, the nature of
  hominid evolution and some of the most
  significant developments of the Paleolithic Age.

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• Lecture Outline
• The Issue of Evolution
• Man in the Image of God or A Member of the
  Animal Kingdom
• Belief vs. Theory
• The First Step Bipedalism
• East African Savannah and Environmental Change
• Primate Adaptation and Australopithicenes
• The First Tools and Increased Brain Size
• Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus
• Oldowan and Acheulean Industries
• The Upper Paleolithic Revolution 35,000-10,000
  B.C.E
• Homo Sapiens
• Expanded Tool Kit
• Cave Art
• Lascaux

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Protein Molecules
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African Savannah
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• Reflection Question
• How and why did bipedalism become the first
  feature to distinguish the hominid species?

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Hominid Evolution
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Australopithecus Afarensis
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Homo Habilis
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Oldowan Industry
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Homo Erectus
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Acheulean IndustryTeardrop Axes
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• Reflection Questions
• What were the distinguishing features of
  australopithecines?
• 3. How were Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus
  similar and different?

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Lascaux
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Lascaux Hall of Bulls
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Lascaux
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• Reflection Questions
• 4. Why do we call the last 25,000 years of the
  Paleolithic Era a revolution?
• 5. What sort of features characterize Paleolithic
  cave art, and what was the general purpose of
  this art for Homo sapiens?

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Primate and Human Larynxes
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• Reflection Question
• 5. What sort of advantages did language provide
  early man?

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• Lascaux Website
• http//www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/
  en/

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• Lesson Question
• What does it mean to be human?
• What was the lectures answer to this question?
• Do you agree or disagree with it?
• Does a consideration of humanitys origins
  adequately answer this question?
• What else should be considered?
• Is humanity defined by its capabilities alone?
  If not, what else?
• What does the lecture NOT consider in answering
  this question?
• What distinguishes you from an animal?