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Anthro-Neanderthals
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List 5 of the bipedalism traits. | foramen magnum is more anterior, bowl shaped pelvis, angled femur, arch foot, arm bones do NOT demonstrate muscle ridges |
| What is the bipedal hypothesis? | The bipedal hypothesis is the different ideas of why we have become bipedal.One of the hypothesis that the males became the providers for the family.Another hypothesis is that the females became the gathers. They needed both hands to collect food and to |
| Name the Australopithecines Characteristics | Bipedal, small brained(400-550cc), small bodies, no pelvic changes to allow for larger brained infants to be born, Ape apearing, large face, prognathic, ape like nose, post orbital construction, ape like limbs |
| Who is Raymond Dart? | Raymond Dart discovered the Australopitecus africanus in the breccia of the Taung Quarry. |
| Who is Robert Broom | supporter of Dart, found austropithecines at Sterkfontein and Kromdraai. |
| Sahelanthropus tchadensis | 7 million years old, found in chad, face is more modern |
| Orrorin tugenensis | 6 million years ago, Tungen Hills Kenya |
| Ardipithecus Ramidus | Aranus, Ethiopia, 3.9-4.2mya, probably a good ancestor to A.Afarensis |
| Australopithecus afarensis | 2.6-3.9mya, found in Hadar, Lucy, |
| Kenyanthropus Platypops | 3.5 million years old, cranium and parts of the maxilla found, found in E. Africa by Maeve Leakey, has a flat face, small cranial capacity |
| Australopithecus africanus | found in all south africa, Gracil species, 2.3-3mya, start to see the loss of the canine tooth |
| Australopithecus garhi | leads to a dead end in the family tree, new species, 2.5mya, middle awash, Ethiopia, better candidate to be our ancestor |
| Australopithecus aethiopicus | Black skull from deposits, anticipates later robust species, 2.3-2.7mya, |
| Robust like traits | dish shaped face, broad faces,heavy thick palate, large post canine dentition, incisors, canines linearly arranged |
| Australopihicus robustus and Ausralopithecus boisei | Robustus is found in S. Africa, Boisei is foun in East Africa, might have had a common ancestor who moved south and the diffrences represent adaptations, time line overlaps both, 0.7-2.3mya |
| Homo Habilis | Narrowly understood v. broadly understood, 2 forms some thing 2 species, many consider this to be still part of australopicecines |
| Oldowan tools | choppers, flakes, Homo Habilis associated with these tools, as well as A. Garhi |
| How does tool use in hominids change things with regard to evolution? | changes in the teeth because the hominids are now using tools. may have affected bipedal behavior, fire would have changed things in the species because the food would be cooked making it easier on the teeth to chew. Ability to carry and use tools may h |
| Acheulean tools | associated with H.erectus/H.ergaster. hand axe |
| How is the upper paleolithic time period known as? | explosion of creativity |
| Who is Eugene Dubois? | found solo man and trinil femus in indonesia in the late 1800's. no one belived his findings |
| Homo erectus/ergaster characteristics | modern body size, large cranial capacity, modified pelvis, modern arm and leg proportions, low cranial vault |
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