Human Genetics: Becoming Human
QUESTION
Watch the Becoming Human Nova series. Watch and answer the questions below for the 3 parts
Nova video. Part 1: First Steps; Part 2: the Birth of Humanity; Part 3: the Last Human Standing. Due
Part 1: First Steps questions
1- What type of animal was Salome and her family?
2- How old was Salome and how was her age estimated?
3- Describe how the pelvis of Salome’s species compare with humans and chimpanzees.
4- Roughly how old is Sahelanthropus tchadiensis and does its skull suggest that it walked
upright or like a chimp?
5- What does the movie present about the nature of Homo habilis and the climate in which they
lived?
Part 2: the Birth of Humanity questions
1- What type of animal is Turkana Boy?
2- By what method could his age be determined?
3- What parasite was used to determine an approximate time when our ancestors lost much of
their body hair? Outline the logic of the experiment.
4- What hunting technique is presented in the movie for Turkana Boy’s people that was made
possible by less body hair and how does it work?
5- What process is presented in the movie as a potential cause for the small size of Homo
floriensis?
Part 3: the Last Human Standing
1- Which type of hominid first left Africa and where has the evidence been found?
2- Describe the amazing find in Atapuerca in Spain and describe what light it shed on Homo
heidelbergensis? What do the caves suggest about whether these creatures had unique qualities of
culture and tools?
3-Where did Neandertals live, what climate persisted then, and what did they eat?
4-Who was the boy of Scledina and what have researches been able to learn about him?
5- What information is presented in the movie about the DNA of Neandertal and what it suggests
about their similarities to humans
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