Australopithecus

The Australopithecus anamensis was one of the early human ancestors who lived approximately 4.2 to 3.9 million years ago. This hominid was found on the Eastern of Africa, such as the Middle Awash in northern Ethiopia and in Lake Turkana in Kenya. The word Australopithecus is the genus name, and it literally means ‘Southern Ape’ (coming from the Latin word ‘australo’ = ‘southern’ and a Greek word ‘pithecus’ = ‘ape’). The word anamensis comes from the word ‘anam’ (meaning ‘lake’ in the Turkana…

With the knowledge that was uncovered by Australopithecus we can decipher more about new human fossils that are uncovered. For example, recently a hominid fossil was just discovered. The researchers who have found it are calling it Homo naledi. It’s appearance is similar to Australopithecus and also has features that link it primates. From that there have been examination conducted on the anatomy of the being and…

Australopithecus Afarensis Species and Their Existence Humans are a species of hominidae. A hominid is any one of a family, hominidae, of mammals that includes humans with their extinct ancestral forms. Hominids evolved from each other. Humans have evolved over the millions of years from the first hominid. One of the hominid species that humans have evolved from is the Australopithecus Afarensis. A classification of an Australopithecus Afarensis is a Southern Ape. This species is a…

The hominin evolution theory is the idea of Homo sapiens sapiens (AMHs) evolved from a lineage of hominins in Africa. The purpose of the project is to determine the genus and species of seven skulls discovered by Dr. Musoma in Africa, Europe and Asia, approximate the age of each skull, interpret the evolutionary pathway of each species, and provide evidence for and against the “Out of Africa” theory. The purpose of the project with be completed and evidence on the “Out of Africa” theory will be…

one of the most ignored. Bipedalism is one of the two principal features that are unique to humans among all living primates: the other being a very large brain in proportion to the body. Of these, bipedalism appeared long before the other. Australopithecus afarensis anatomy display many anatomical features of habitual…

Ethiopia in the 1970s. A female skeleton was dug up that matched up with the description of the australopithecus species perfectly. This skeleton is called Lucy. Lucy is shown as a bipedal creature with extremely human-like bone structure in her body. The face of the australopithecus was still kind of flat which makes sense because they had smaller brains than the ones humans have today. After the australopithecus era, the creatures started to drift away from their ape looks and start to look…

Bipedalism also freed the hands which could be used for carrying tools that could be used for hunting. Tool making is a critical variation that developed through evolution. The tools of early apes were far more primitive than the tools of Australopithecus afarensis who’s tools were more primitive than those of Homo erectus and modern day Homo sapiens. The development of more advanced tools relies on the increase of brain densities. As we get closer to the present the cranial capacities of…

Chapter 1 Before History Discoveries have found that about 5 million years ago there were different species of human ancestors belonging to the genus of Australopithecus. It is said that they had emerged in the areas of eastern Africa, specifically in the regions of Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia. This species, however, were not apes but rather a creature in the Hominidae family, that had human like features. “They would seem short, hairy, and limited with intelligence. They stood something over…

The Australopithecus afarnesis’ set foot to this earth three to four million years ago. The Australopithecus afarensis originated in Eastern Africa, and they were part human, but mostly ape. The archeologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discovered the first of the early man’s kind accidentally. When they were when back to their van after a dig in the surrounding area, they found bones on the ground. After further investigation, they discovered that these bones were of Lucy, the first early man…

theory of evolution. However, through centuries of archeological discoveries, evolution obtained credibility. In the 1970’s, this process was expedited when two groundbreaking archeological finds were made. In 1974, Dr. Donald Johanson found Lucy (Australopithecus Afarensis) a 3.2-million-year-old fossil who…