Write characteristics of Homo sapiens fossils.
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Characteristics of Homo sapiens are as follows:-
1. Before 50,000 to 10,000 years ago its origin and evolution was done.
2. Mac Gregor discovered Fossils from Cromagnon rocks of France.
3. 1650 c.c is the maximum cranial capacity in this type of fossils.
4. Caves were used for living and they were Omnivorous naturally.
5. Well developed chin & larger forehead were found in them.
6. Oorthognathous face and well developed chin were found.
7. In them the ability of speech & language centre were well developed.
8. They used to wear clothes of animal skin.
All people living today belong to the species Homo sapiens. We evolved only relatively recently but with complex culture and technology have been able to spread throughout the world and occupy a range of different environments.
Age
300,000 years ago to present:
✅️archaic Homo sapiens from 300,000 years ago
modern Homo sapiens from about 160,000 years ago
What the name means
The name we selected for ourselves means ‘wise human’. Homo is the Latin word for ‘human’ or ‘man’ and sapiens is derived from a Latin word that means ‘wise’ or ‘astute’.✅️
✅️‘Cro-Magnon Man’ is commonly used for the modern humans that inhabited Europe from about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago.✅️
✅️The term ‘archaic’ Homo sapiens has sometimes been used for African fossils dated between 300,000 and 150,000 years of age that are difficult to classify due to a mixture of modern and archaic features. Some scientists prefer to place these fossils in a separate species, Homo helmei.✅️
✅️Homo sapiens sapiens is the name given to our species if we are considered a sub-species of a larger group. This name is used by those that describe the specimen from Herto, Ethiopia as Homo sapiens idàltu or by those who believed that modern humans and the Neanderthals were members of the same species. (The Neanderthals were called Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in this scheme).✅️