Homo Sapiens
Everything you need to know.
Time
Evidence suggests that early Homo Sapiens first appeared roughly 200,000
~300,000 years ago.
The term middle paleolithic the between the first emergence of the Homo
Sapiens.
By 10,000 years ago the only species of the Homo genus were left.
By 120,000 years the homo sapiens have moved in to the middle east and
west Asia.
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Origins
The term “Homo Sapien” or Wise
man in Latin, was coined by Carl
Linnaeus back in 1758
➢ The term Homo in latin, means “human
being.”
➢ The term Sapien means "discerning, wise,
sensible"
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Homo sapiens
Homo Sapiens have been theorized to be a
subspecies or evolved species of the Homo
erectus or Neanderthals (Earlier humanoids).
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Characteristics
What makes Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens?
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Body Structure
Posture
Homo Sapiens were Bipedal meaning they
stood up right and could walk around like
the homo erectus before.
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Body structure
Skull
Homo Sapiens’ cranial structure is much like our
human skull.
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Tools
Homo sapiens used sharp tools to live and hunt. The homo sapiens
were specifically used stone tools as their main choice. They relied on
its sharpness and sturdyness.
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Migration
Hlw did the homo sapiens spread?
Homo Sapiens’ Journey
Homo Sapiens are believed to
originate from Africa and
started migrate around
70,000 to 100,000 years ago
The first Himo sapiens in
Europe were the CroMagnon. They are of the first
to spread around the world.
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The Homo Sapiens started to disperse all
over the world soon after they first
appeared.
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