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

Human Evolution

CB 52.22

Human Population Growth

CB 52.12

What limitsCarrying 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/v437/n7061/full/437957a.html#B13

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/v437/n7061/full/437957a.html#B13

http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/flores/index.html