Australopithecus

Materials Skulls (11) Caliper Ruler Protractor Observations Skull Name General Description Ardipithecus ramidus Tiny jaw, small head, quadrupedal Australopithecus aethiopicus Wide head, and not very lengthy, bipedal Australopithecus afarensis Long head and large jaw, bipedal Australopithecus africanus Just like the Australopitheus afarensis, bipedal Australopithecus boisei Flat head, line across skull, prognathic lower jaw, bipedal Homo erectus Long skull, prognathic lower jaw, bipedal Homo…

human species, which is now not true because of Sahelanthropus tchadensis. I’m pretty sure they know this they just don’t update their information. So Lucy is Australopithecus afarensis which is 3.85 million years old, they were found in 3 different places in East Africa; Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. One of the cool things about Australopithecus afarensis is that they grow from…

Hominid Evolution is the evolution of human lineage. Dating back millions of years with Sahelanthropus tchadensis, it's the oldest found hominid, dated around 7 million years old. This species is known for its cranium and it's very small brain size, and a specific amount of both jaws and teeth. It has many, ape-like features, such as; small brain size, brow ridges and small canine teeth, which are characteristic of hominids. However, this along with the fact that it comes from around the…

Humans Evolved From Apes Where humans came from is a question that has been asked since the beginning of time. Some people believe we were created by a god. Others believe we were created by multiple gods. However, anatomical and behavioral similarities with modern apes, along with fossil evidence of our evolutionary history, gives proof that humans evolved from an ape-like ancestor and are in fact, still apes. To understand the evidence behind this, some background information on evolution…

Lucy walked upright. They also used animations to demonstrate how Lucy would of have had walked. There would be a slight swing of the hips because the hip itself is broader (Prehistoric Autopsy video). In the animation, they tried to show that Australopithecus afarensis would had walked halfway between a chimpanzee and a modern human (Prehistoric Autopsy video). Looking at her knees and pelvis demonstrated…

like different Australopithecines, and in addition strolled upright. (“Australopithecus") The brains of most types of Australopithecus were approximately 35% of the span of a current human cerebrum. Most types of Australopithecus were modest and gracile, generally standing 1.2 to 1.4 m (3 ft. 11 into 4 ft. 7 in) tall. In a few varieties is an impressive level of sexual dimorphism, guys being bigger than females (“Australopithecus") The Lucy example is an early australopithecine and is dated to…

Human evolution is the long process of change in which humankind originated from apes. Before Charles Darwin, Carolus Linnaeus, chose the word,”homo,” which is Latin for human, in his classification system. During this time, along with Linnaeus, other scientists considered apes to be close relatives to humans due to their anatomical similarities. In the 1960s and 70s, African researchers found fossils of australopithecines, an extinct creature related to humankind in Africa. Later more fossils…

Its origins are traced to Harder, Laetoli, Tanzania and South Africa. Dating back to 3 million years ago has the earliest best described hominid remains. The Australopithecus has many species such as Africanus and Afarensis through the findings of Lucy Dikita baby and the laetoli footprints. The Australopithecus Afarensis was discovered to be ape like where its upper body had curved features which adapted it for climbing. Moreover, it was also full erect hominid as indicated by the…

Introduction: Evolution the change over a period of time is important because it demonstrates scientist the need of our ancestors for a certain body part that humans do not need which are called vestigial structure. One of the main evidence regarding evolution is fossils. Fossils are mostly used to determine structure similar animals have that humans have in order to draw conclusions. Another evidence is blood which generally shows similarity in the dna of two different mammals. The purpose…

Each characteristics of species defines their lifestyle. From Australopithecus afarensis having canine tooth projected beyond the chewing surface and having canine diastema depicts the possibility of species having raw carnivorous food. Throughout time, species started exploring more food and started cooking leading to…