Understanding Culture

Society & Politics:

Human Biocultural
Evolution
Group 2 – Academic/GAS-STEM
 CHARLES DARWIN

Charles Darwin, in full Charles Robert Darwin,

(born February 12, 1809—died April 19, 1882), was
an English naturalist whose scientific theory of 
evolution by natural selection became the
foundation of modern evolutionary studies.
Table of contents
01 02
Hominids Homo Habilis
“Manlike Primates” “Handy Man”

03 04
Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens
“The Upright Man” “The Thinking Man”
 Human Biocultural
Evolution
Biocultural evolution is the process by which biological
and cultural aspects interact to shape human nature
throughout human evolutionary history.

“HOMO” – is used to determine the species of human

beings.
01
Hominids
“Manlike Primates”
 Hominids
The development of the different species of
primates which were able to evolve in 40
million years ago. There have been various
relics of hominids which could be described
as manlike primates.
Ramapithecus Lucy

Austrolopithecus
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Homo Habilis
“Handy Man”
 Homo Habilis

The Apelike men who were the first to use

stone tools as weapons and protection from
their enemies. They are recognized as the first
true human, and lived about 2.4 to 1.4 million
years ago.
Examples of Homo Habilis:
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Homo Erectus
“The Upright Man”
Homo Erectus
It was believed to be the first manlike creatures, that
lived about 500,000 years ago in Asia, Africa, and
Europe. This manlike specie could walk straight
with almost the same brain with modern man. They
made refined stone tools for hunting and weapons
for protection from enemies.
The following are the major discovered fossils:

A. Pithecanthropus Erectus B. Sinanthropus Pekinensis

“Java Man” – Discovered by “Peking Man” – Discovered at
Eugene Dubois at Trinil, Java, Choukoutien village, Beijing,
Indonesia in 1891. China in 1929.
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Homo Sapiens
“The Thinking Man”
 Homo Sapiens

It was believed that this was the direct descendant of modern

man, who lived about 250,000 years ago. They had similar
physical descriptions with modern man. They originated as
the primitive men whose activities were largely dependent on
hunting, fishing, and agriculture. They buried their dead, had
tools and had religion.
The following are Homo Sapiens subspecies:

Neanderthal Man – Discovered in Cro-Magnon Man – Discovered by a French

Neanderthal valley near Dusseldorf,
germany in 1865, who lived in caves
and were dependent on hunting and
fishing.
archaeologist Louis Lartet in the Cro Magnon
Cave in Southern France. It was believed to
have lived in Europe, Asia, and Africa. As a
prehistoric man, they were the first to produce
art in cave paintings and crafting decorated tools
and accessories.
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Group 2 – ACADEMIC/GAS-STEM

Josh Aaron Sebastian Mier Genesis Entrampas

James Lawrence Hermocilla Angel Ann Mangubat
Jan Vincent Mapula Bernadette Cono
Jasmin Monisit Caryhl Monleon
Jhon Neo Hermocilla Chrystleen Mondelo
Josephine Novabos Princess Dianne Puyot
Jhunriel Moneva