Homo Sapien Sapien
By: Eyad Abdalla, Nori Kaltsidis, Philippe Haas
Skull Features:
Skeletal Features
Physical Characteristics
- Their skeletons are lighter build than their
ancestors.
- Walk upright.
-Have very large brains with the average size of
1300 cc.
- Thin walled high-vaulted skull with flat
forehead.
- Almost no brow ridge.
- Jaws not heavily developed, and smaller teeth
Characteristics Contin...
- Lived by hunting.
- Used elaborate tools.
- They depicted paintings of their daily lives and
hunts on cave walls.
Where They Lived
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They lived in what is now modern Europe,
Africa and West Asia
Homo sapiens between now and 200,000
years ago eventually migrated across the
entire world
Homo sapiens were very versatile on living
environments
Of all hominids, Homo sapiens had such
different behavioral traits that allowed them
to live in many environments (eg. had a
Technologies That They
Used
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The main source of technology was made
with stones
Stones were altered to be useful to the
population in certain ways
For example, stones would be chipped to
make them sharp in order to cut meat, cut
fur, etc.
Made many kind of tools each specific for
different jobs
Activity/Game
Materials:
Two paint brushes per team
One rock per team
Paints provided
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Rules:
Draw a painting of an animal or something
similar to a cave painting
The painting that looks the most authentic
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Works Cited
Homo sapiens. (n.d.). Human Evolution by The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins, Retrieved March 1, 2013, from
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-sapiens
homo sapiens sapiens. (n.d.). Washington State University - Pullman, Washington. Retrieved March 1, 2013, from
http://www.public.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/32_h_sapiens_sapiens.html
O'neal, Dennis. (n.d.). Early Modern Homo Sapiens. Retrieved March 1, 2013, from
http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo2/mod_homo_4.htm
Institute of Human Origins. (n.d.). Homo Sapiens. Retrieved March 1, 2012, from
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/homo-sapiens-0
Pictures:
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/origins/skulls/sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.gif
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4007/4668869469_09b1658c31_z.jpg