Propaedia Outline of Knowledge

Part Four IV › Division I I › Section 411 411

Human Evolution

Subject Outline

AThe evolutionary process
BHuman evolutionary relationships with living and fossil primates
- 1The primates
  - aDistinguishing characteristics of the primates
  - bThe natural history of primate life
  - cEvolution and paleontology
  - dClassification of the primates: the two main groups or suborders, the prosimians (principally lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers) and the anthropoids (monkeys, apes, and man) [see also 313.F.25.C.]
- 2Distinguishing characteristics of the Hominidae
  - aMorphological characteristics
  - bInferred behavioral characteristics
  - cContrasting adaptations of Hominidae and Pongidae
CThe fossil record of the Hominidae
- 1The discovery and recognition of the hominid fossil record
- 2Classification of the Hominidae
  - aAustralopithecus
  - bHomo habilis
  - cHomo erectus
  - dHomo sapiens
    - iFossil remains of early Homo sapiens; e.g., Vertesszollos man, Ngaloba man, Border Cave man, Swanscombe man, Omo hominids
    - iiThe Neanderthals
    - iiiThe Cro-Magnons
    - ivHomo sapiens of Africa

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