Evolution of man(palaeontological evidence)

Palaeontological evidence

1. EVOLUTION OF MAN
(PALAEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE)
Presented by,
Vinay. C
1
st
SemGeology
DOS in Earth science
Guided by
Dr . L . Mahesh Bilwa
Professor
DOS in Earth science

2. SEMINAR CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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Evolution process in man
Posture of great ape and austrolopithecus
Brain and skull evolution
Evolution of man through age
Ramapithecus
Austrolopithecus
Cromagnon man
conclution

3. Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which
peopleoriginated from ape like ancestor
Evolved over a period of approximately six million years
Starts from aquatic vertebrates transferred into amphibians,
amphibians to reptiles to bird and mammal to man

4. HIERARCHY INCLUDES
All multicellular animals
All animals with notochord
Fish, amphibian, reptiles, birds
Marsupials, egg laying mammals
Tarsters, lemurs, platipus
Old & new world monkeys
Great apes & Gibbons
All apes capable of using
tools
Java man, Peking man,
Neanderthal man,
Rhodesian man
Present day man
TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF MAN

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7. Frankfote gives this idea about the ears to nose as a
horizontal line but in the gorilla, this is also the one of the
evidence of evalution of man
Gorilla
Modern Man

8. SOURCE:WIKIPEDIA

9. GORILLA
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10. RAMAPITHECUS
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12. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
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13. CRO MAGNON MAN
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14. HOMO SAPIENS
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CONCLUSION

16. Reference
EDWIN H.COLBERT (1969) Vertebrate paleontology Publ.
Willeys Pp. 316-320.
A . P.Tyagi “An Introduction to paleontology”
Page No. 112 to 121,edition 1976 chand and company Ltd.
Richard Coewn, “History of Life”
Page No.122-124 ,Edition:1976,McGraw-Hill Book company

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