The Birth of Humankind

By: HisGeo 101

Different beliefs
PEOPLE / RELIGION Babyblonians Mayans of Mesoamerica Hinduism Islam Hindu and Buddhist Judaism and Christianity Japan China Philippines BELIEF their god Marduk created earth, heaven and mankind after defeating Tiamat humans were (monster) created by gods Tepeu Gucamatz out of corn dough members of different castes originated from the body of the first man Purusa all creations are done by Allah life is a cycle ; reincarnation humans were created by an almighty God beginning ps were attributed to Izanagi and Izanami cosmic egg Si Malakas at Si Maganda

HUMANITY
RELIGION SCIENCE

Theistic Evolution Creation Science Evolutionary Creationism

Human Evolution

Biological

Cultural

THEORY OF EVOLUTION
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" - Charles Darwin various changes brought about complex life forms as a result of random mutation, natural selection, adaptation and isolation All species on earth, including humans are products of a long process of evolution.

HUMAN EVOLUTION
Evolution from pre-human creatures to the modern humans we are today Hominids, member of Hominidae (great ape family) Hominids are bipedal (two-legged)

 AUSTRALOPITHECINES

HUMAN EVOLUTION

possessed characteristics of man and ape eastern and southern Africa Australopithecus Afarensis northeastern Africa Lucy oldest Australopithecine skeleton hands were similar to man, brain was similar to chimpanzee's, bipedal, 3.5 ft tall, 4 million years ago

EARLY HUMANS

HOMO HABILIS
"handy man" / "man of skill" tools for cutting meat, blades to cut rocks found in Africa lived during the first period of the Paleolithic period had larger brains

HOMO ERECTUS
"upright man" first appeared in Africa, but eventually migrated from food gathering to hunting learned how to make fire made us of animal skin for clothes started speech and language through signals

HOMO ERECTUS
"upright man" first appeared in Africa, but eventually migrated from food gathering to hunting learned how to make fire made us of animal skin for clothes started speech and language through signals Java Man, Peking Man

HOMO SAPIENS
"thinking/wise man" Neanderthal Nomadic hunters and gatherers Neander Valley, Germany 5'5 ft tall, brains larger than those of modern humans lived in caves (survival) sophisticated tool making abilities advanced culture (believed in life after death, burial, medicine)

HOMO SAPIENS
Cro-Magnon first modern humans to inhabit Europe Named after the CroMagnon rock weapons, permanent homes, cave paintings in Lascaux (France)

HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS!!

...who we are today