What’s on the Human Evolution poster
A 6-row table: Species · When · Feature.
Approximate dates and defining features.
- Sahelanthropus — ~7 mya — Possibly earliest hominin
- Australopithecus afarensis — ~3.5 mya — Bipedal, small brain — 'Lucy'
- Homo habilis — ~2.4 mya — First stone tools
- Homo erectus — ~1.9 mya — Larger brain; left Africa
- Homo neanderthalensis — ~400 kya — Cold-adapted; interbred with sapiens
- Homo sapiens — ~300 kya — Africa, then worldwide
Non-African modern humans carry roughly 1–2% Neanderthal DNA, evidence of interbreeding after the migration out of Africa.
Questions about the Human Evolution poster
- What’s on the Human Evolution poster?
- A 6-row table: Species · When · Feature. Approximate dates and defining features. Sahelanthropus — ~7 mya — Possibly earliest hominin; Australopithecus afarensis — ~3.5 mya — Bipedal, small brain — 'Lucy'; Homo habilis — ~2.4 mya — First stone tools; Homo erectus — ~1.9 mya — Larger brain; left Africa; Homo neanderthalensis — ~400 kya — Cold-adapted; interbred with sapiens; Homo sapiens — ~300 kya — Africa, then worldwide. Non-African modern humans carry roughly 1–2% Neanderthal DNA, evidence of interbreeding after the migration out of Africa.
- Who is the Human Evolution poster for?
- Human Evolution belongs to the Biology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning evolution can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Human Evolution poster?
- Bipedalism came long before large brains. The order is the interesting part. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Human Evolution belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Human Evolution?
- Adaptations, Artificial Selection and Classification sit alongside Human Evolution in the Biology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AdaptationsArtificial SelectionClassification
- Is the Human Evolution poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Human Evolution downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Biology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Human Evolution poster print at?
- Human Evolution is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Human Evolution loses nothing.Printing guide
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