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17 Cards in this Set
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AL 288-1
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Lucy
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Australopithecus afarensis
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E.Africa
Hadar, Laetoli 3.6-3.0 mya Lucy (AL 288-1) Laetoli footprints (M.Leaky) primitive traits sexually dimorphic retention of climbing ability thick enamel,large pointed teeth, sectoral complex, diastema long, projecting canine |
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first H.erectus fossil found by ____ in Java in 1891
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Eugene Dubois
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H.ergaster
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Africa, W.Asia
1.9-1.4 mya ~600-1,000cc =H.erectus Olduwan tools |
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Australopithecus gahri
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E.Africa
Middle Awash (Bouri) 2.5 mya T.White ~?cc Oldowan tools long forlimbs and hindlimbs large teeth, projecting face ancestor of H. |
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WT 17000
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Black Skull
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Australopithecus africanus
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S.Africa
Taung, Sterkfotein, Makapansgat 3.5-2.5 mya R.Dart 440cc bipedal lower projecting face 6 lumbar (STS 14) sterkfonstein complete skeleton |
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Paranthropus aethiopicus
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E.Africa
West Lake Turkana 2.5 mya A.Walker 410cc Black Skull ancestral to P.robustus/P.boisei large sag.. crest dish shaped face with flaring zygomatic |
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Orrorin tugenesis
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-East Africa
-TUgen Hills, Kenya -~6.0 mya -A.Hill and B.Senut -~?cc -postcranial bone w/jaw frag -femur humanlike -humerus/finger bone arboreal adapted -lg incisor and upper canine |
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H.heidelbergensis
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Africa,Europe, Asia
600kya-130kya ~950-1390cc co-existed w/ H.erectus hunting semipermanent shelters controlled use of fire big brain |
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis
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-central Africa
-Toros-menella, Chad -7.0-6.0 mya -Michael Brunet -~320-380cc flat face -canines smaller than chimps -maybe bipedal |
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Ardipithecus ramidus
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-E.Africa
-Aramis -5.8-4.4 mya -T.White -~400cc -possible human ancestor -ape-like cranium -possible incipent biped |
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Paranthropus boisei
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E.Africa
OH, Koobi FOra 2.0-1.0 mya M,L, R Leaky ~520cc Zinzanthropus boisei=M.Leaky sag. crest, dish face, flaring zygomatic, post canine megadontia,hyper robust |
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H.habilis
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E.Africa
E.Lake Turkana, Olduvai 2.5-1.5 mya M.L.Leakey ~631cc increased cranial capacity reduced molars, increased incisors tool use sexual dimorrphism circle of stones E.Africa distribution sim to Dmanisi spec. |
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Paranthropus robustus
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S.Africa
Swartkrans,Komdraai 2.0-1.5 mya R.Broom 530cc sag.crest dish face, flaring zygomatic post-canine megadontia less exaggerated than P.boisei |
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Kenyathropus platyops
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-E.Africa
-West Lake Turkana -3.5-3.2 mya -Meave Leaky -~420-440cc -unique-small cheek teeth, big/flat face hence sep. genus |
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Australopithicus anemensis
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-E.Africa
-Kanapoi, Allia Bay -Meave Leaky, A.Walker -~400cc -earliest austropith. -biped -large canines, diastema, sect. complex -mandibular shape diff from A.afarensis (more splayed out) |
