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14 Cards in this Set
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Homo Rudolfensis
1.9mya 700cc like habilis but with a bigger brain and wider face/jaw
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Homo Habilis
2.33-1.44 mya Less gracile than australopiths Broca's area developing fully opposable thumb nongrasping big toe 650cc |
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Homo Hiedelburgensis
600-150kya 1000-1300cc arched brow ridges low cranial vault Thick cranial bones precursor to neandertals
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Australopithecus Boisei
2.3-1.4mya Hyper Robust (sagittal crest, nucchal crest, flairing zygomatic arches, brow ridges, large posterior teeth) |
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Australopithecus Robustus
1.7 mya South Africa 450cc brain Super robust (Brow ridges, Anterior pilars, thick enamel, sagittal and nuchal crests) |
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis
6-7mya Chad (West Africa) Mix of primitive and derived facial features Orthographic face, small brain, long narrow cranium, brow ridges, partial sagittal crest) |
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Homo Neandertalensis
150k-30kya occipital buns big brains pronounced brow ridges robust skeletons Mousterian tools
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Kenyanthropus Playtops
3.5mya Kenya Strange mix of features small teeth, but flat face Controversy about it being a super early homo, not likely
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Homo Ergaster
Same as erectus but with thinner cranial bones and reduced brow ridges |
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Taung Child (A. africanus)
3-2mya Found in South Africa Dolichiocephalic cranium no brow ridges delicate structures with slight prognathism larger brain |
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Homo Erectus
700-1300cc brain slightly prognathic face robust mandibles and no chin long and low skull |
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A. Afarensis 3.6-2.9mya East Africa Craniodental morphology mixed between apes and later homonins Temporonuchal crest small canines, large incisors, honing complex
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Lucy (A. afarensis) |
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Ardipithecus ramidus
5.8-4.4 mya Ethiopia (East Africa) 300 cc brain bipedal face is not prognathic no honing complex thin enamel and small molars intermembral index is similar to old world monkeys |
