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11 Cards in this Set
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Homo neanderthalensis |
-Large, low, long and bulging cranium -bun shaped occipital bone -big brains, larger than homo sapiens |
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Australopithecus africanus |
-Taung child -Found by Raymond Dart in 1924 -Dismissed by early scientific community |
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Paranthropus |
-Large zygomatic arches
-Huge pre-molars and molars -Sagittal crest |
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Homo habilis |
-Found in Oldavai Gorge -Larger brain compared to Australopithecus -Manufactured and used stone tools, oldawan |
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Homo erectus |
-Large brow ridge -Wide base, bicycle hemlet shape -First hominin to leave Africa |
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Homo heidelbergensis |
-Found at Sima de los Huesos -First know hunters of big game -Common ancestor to Neandertal and Modern human |
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Homo sapien |
-Sunken cheeks -Chin -First hominin to domesticate plants |
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis |
-Flat/Vertical face -Large brow ridge -Questional position of the foramen magnum |
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Orrorin |
-Mostly postcranial remains -Lower limb bones indicate bipedality -Found in Tugen hills, Kenya |
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Ardipithecus ramidus |
-Ardi -Foot indicates climbing adaptations were retained -First discovery that woodland seeting = bipedality |
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Australopithecus afarensis |
-40% of skeletal remains recovered from a single individual -Lucy -Sexually dimorphic |
