STUVIA 2024/2025
ANTH 1001 final ppt 4
hominin
any taxon that we place within the taxonomic tribe Hominini
humans
___ are unique in locomotion among living mammals
Brainpower
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- bipedality
- reduced canine size
traits to identify hominid
- Sahelanthropus tchadensis
- Orrorin tugenensis
- Ardipithecus ramidus
- Australopithecus anamensis
earliest hominin
AFRICA
all early hominin fossil sites from Late Miocene, Pliocene, and Early Pleistocene are in ____
%
Hadar, Ethiopia
Lake Turkana, Kenya
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
famous early hominin fossil sites (East and North Central Africa)
open air sites
East and North Central Africa fossil sites are ___ ___ ___
- potassium-argon
- biostratigraphy
East and North Central Africa fossils are dated by (2 terms)
limestone caves
South Africa fossil sites are ___ ____
biostratigraphy
How are South African fossils dated?
Taung
famous fossil site in South Africa
South Africa
Australopithecus africanus, Au. sediba, and Paranthropus robustus are located in ___ ___ (all other
species are located in East and North Central Africa)
Late Miocene
Earliest hominin may be from ___ ___ (era)
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Early Homo and Paranthropus boisei
Which two species of hominins lived in the same area at the same time?
Ardipithecus ramidus in 4.4 mya
earliest definitive evidence of bipedality
woodland environment
which environment would bipedality may have been evolved in?
savanna
after origin of bipedality, other hominins exploited the _____ environment
"Ardi"
famous hominin fossil from the Ardipithecus ramidus species
Ardipithecus ramidus
famous hominin fossil named "Ardi" is from the ___ ___ species
prehensile
"Ardi" has a _____ big toe
Australopithecus afarensis
Famous hominin fossil known as AL 288 "Lucy" is from the ___ ___ species
3.6 mya
famous fossil footprints at Laetaoli, Tanzania were dated to ___ mya
bipedality
footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania proved early evidence of ______
%
Australopithecus afarensis
the footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania are from the species ___ __
1924
When was the Taung Child discovered
Australopithecine
Taung child is the first ____ found
Australopithecus africanus
Taung Child is from the species _____ ___
775 cm^3
famous hominin fossil called ER 1470 (KNM-ER 1470) has a cranial capacity of ___
early Homo
ER 1470 is the species ____ ___
LARGER
chimps (Pan troglodytes) have ____ incisors and canines than early hominins
BIGGER
hominins have ____ molars than chimps
chimps
Pan troglodytes are ____ (mammal)
large molars
selection in early hominins for __ __ to eat foods of tough consistency
stuvia
ANTH 1001 final ppt 4
hominin
any taxon that we place within the taxonomic tribe Hominini
humans
___ are unique in locomotion among living mammals
Brainpower
Read More
- bipedality
- reduced canine size
traits to identify hominid
- Sahelanthropus tchadensis
- Orrorin tugenensis
- Ardipithecus ramidus
- Australopithecus anamensis
earliest hominin
AFRICA
all early hominin fossil sites from Late Miocene, Pliocene, and Early Pleistocene are in ____
%
Hadar, Ethiopia
Lake Turkana, Kenya
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
famous early hominin fossil sites (East and North Central Africa)
open air sites
East and North Central Africa fossil sites are ___ ___ ___
- potassium-argon
- biostratigraphy
East and North Central Africa fossils are dated by (2 terms)
limestone caves
South Africa fossil sites are ___ ____
biostratigraphy
How are South African fossils dated?
Taung
famous fossil site in South Africa
South Africa
Australopithecus africanus, Au. sediba, and Paranthropus robustus are located in ___ ___ (all other
species are located in East and North Central Africa)
Late Miocene
Earliest hominin may be from ___ ___ (era)
stuvia
, STUVIA 2024/2025
Early Homo and Paranthropus boisei
Which two species of hominins lived in the same area at the same time?
Ardipithecus ramidus in 4.4 mya
earliest definitive evidence of bipedality
woodland environment
which environment would bipedality may have been evolved in?
savanna
after origin of bipedality, other hominins exploited the _____ environment
"Ardi"
famous hominin fossil from the Ardipithecus ramidus species
Ardipithecus ramidus
famous hominin fossil named "Ardi" is from the ___ ___ species
prehensile
"Ardi" has a _____ big toe
Australopithecus afarensis
Famous hominin fossil known as AL 288 "Lucy" is from the ___ ___ species
3.6 mya
famous fossil footprints at Laetaoli, Tanzania were dated to ___ mya
bipedality
footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania proved early evidence of ______
%
Australopithecus afarensis
the footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania are from the species ___ __
1924
When was the Taung Child discovered
Australopithecine
Taung child is the first ____ found
Australopithecus africanus
Taung Child is from the species _____ ___
775 cm^3
famous hominin fossil called ER 1470 (KNM-ER 1470) has a cranial capacity of ___
early Homo
ER 1470 is the species ____ ___
LARGER
chimps (Pan troglodytes) have ____ incisors and canines than early hominins
BIGGER
hominins have ____ molars than chimps
chimps
Pan troglodytes are ____ (mammal)
large molars
selection in early hominins for __ __ to eat foods of tough consistency
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