Gate. The Smoking Pipe. The Smoking Pipe 2. Big Bada Boom. Big Bada Boom 2. Science & Religion. Science and the Bible. Australopithecus. Australopithecus (pronounced AW-struh/strey-loh-PITH-i-kuhs; from Latin australis "southern", Greek πίθηκος pithekos "ape") is an extinct genus of hominids. From the evidence gathered by palaeontologists and archaeologists, it appears that the Australopithecus genus evolved in eastern Africa around four million years ago before spreading throughout the continent and eventually becoming extinct two million years ago.
During this time period a number of australopith species emerged, including Australopithecus afarensis, A. africanus, A. anamensis, A. bahrelghazali, A. garhi and A. sediba. Academics still debate whether certain African hominid species of this time, such as A. robustus and A. boisei, constitute members of the same genus. If so, they would be considered robust australopiths while the others would be gracile australopiths. However, if these species do constitute their own genus, they may be given their own name, Paranthropus.
Evolution[edit] Morphology[edit] According to A. Lucy (Australopithecus) Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, several hundred pieces of bone representing about 40% of the skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in 1974 at Hadar in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. In paleoanthropology, usually only fossil fragments are found and only rarely are skulls or ribs uncovered intact;[who?] Thus this discovery was extraordinary and provided an enormous amount of scientific evidence. Lucy is estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago,[1][3] and is classified as a hominid.[4] "In her Ethiopian homeland, Lucy is called "dinknesh," which means "the wondrous one.
Side view of Lucy replica French geologist Maurice Taieb discovered the Hadar Formation in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia in 1972. In November 1973, near the end of the first field season, Johanson noticed a fossil of the upper end of a shinbone, which had been sliced slightly at the front. Cast of Lucy in Mexico Ethiopia celebrated the return of Lucy on 7 May, 2013.[7] Human migration. Net migration rates for 2008: positive (blue), negative (orange), stable (green), and no data (gray) Mitochondrial DNA-based chart of large human migrations (Numbers are thousands before present.) Human migration is the movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling in the new location. The movement is typically over long distances and from one country to another, but internal migration is also possible. Migration may be individuals, family units or in large groups. Nomadic movements are normally not regarded as migrations as there is no intention to settle in the new place and because the movement is generally seasonal.
Only a few nomadic peoples have retained this form of lifestyle in modern times. Migration has continued under the form of both voluntary migration within one's region, country, or beyond and involuntary migration (which includes the slave trade, trafficking in human beings and ethnic cleansing). Migration statistics[edit] Stonehenge. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. Radiocarbon dating in 2008 suggested that the first stones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC,[2] whilst another theory suggests that bluestones may have been raised at the site as early as 3000 BC.[3][4][5] The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC.
The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury Henge. It is a national legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.[8] The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that deposits contain human bone from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug.
Etymology Early history Plan of Stonehenge in 2004. Stonehenge 1. Folklore. Intro to Dogon. The Dogon Tribe. Love. Love 2. The Universe. Warning: This may make you feel very very small. The Galaxy. Galaxy 2 - The Milky Way.