Australopithecus

Asian Homo erectus (Bower). Another species that has somewhat identical features to the Homo naledi is the Australopithecus. Elen Feuerriegel of the Australian National University in Canberra stated that the Homo naledi’s collarbone and upper arm both look like the Australopithecus. The hand of the Homo naledi is a mixture of a human wrist and thumb but has curved fingers like the Australopithecus…

whereas apes have toes that are diverged. The gait of these fossils is extremely similar to that of a modern day human, where the pattern followed feet first followed by the toes, where the feet pushed off. The prints are believed to be made by the Australopithecus afarensis, one of the earliest ancestors of humans. The remains of this hominid were also discovered proximal to the site of the footprints. These footprints are the oldest evidence of early human mobility. This importance of the…

For the first thesis- “faith is blind, science is evidence based”, Dawkins suggested that religion teaches us to be satisfied with not really understanding. For instance, when one religious person faces with some difficult problem, he/she will just justify it by using the quote of “Oh, God did it!” On the other hand, Lennox suggested that blind faith can be very dangerous especially when it’s coupled with blind obedience to an evil authority but not all faith is blind faith. Faith might be…

The search for the origins of humankind and the earliest human ancestor has intrigued anthropologists for generations. New evidence, while often scarce, is a vital aspect to the understanding and development of the field of paleoanthropology. Current research aids in the modification of the human ancestral tree and the analysis of various sites. One of the newest sites dealing with human evolution is the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, where a new species of human ancestors, Homo naledi…

Chapter 11 in our textbook, called Early Hominins. This is because the exhibit went into detail to not only show but also describe in depth species of hominins, from the Sahelanthropus tchadensis who lived around 7 to 6 million years ago and the Australopithecus robustus who were walking on this planet up until 1.5 million years ago. This part of the exhibit was what interested me the most because I loved being able to see the actual different kinds of skulls and be able to compare sizes. Over…

also has no retro- molar space, showing the diet consists of softer foods that require less chewing. It is a house- shaped skull, tall but not wide. This is the youngestnewest, and only current form of the skulls looked at. Cranium Ff is an Australopithecus africanus. This species has no sagittal crest, but has maxillarynostril pillars, which are hypothesized to have aided in chewing hard foods. It [Grab your reader’s attention with a great quote from the document or use this space to…

Ardipithecus pelvis appears to be transitional between being suited for climbing in trees and being modified for walking on two legs (Kottak, 2015). A fairly complete skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus, named “Ardi” is the earliest known hominin Australopithecus afarensis lived around 3 million years ago (Kottak, 2015). Fossils, including the well know skeleton named “Lucy”, show that they had a mixture of apelike and hominin characteristics (Kottak, 2015). The lower spine, hip joint, pelvis, and…

Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection came to him after many years of travel on the British ship, HMS Beagle, around the world. Darwin was also greatly influenced by contemporaries, such as his professors, earlier naturalists, and so forth. On this voyage around the world, Darwin collected and observed numerous plant and animal species from all of the different environments he visited. The theory of natural selection can be defined as the evolution of species over time; species better…

hominins on the island, the mutation could have become the normal for the population due to genetic drift or the founder effect. Genetic flow could account for more than size. The sharing of genetic material between Australopithecus and H. erectus could clarify the body shape of the Australopithecus and the head shape of the H. erectus. Cut marks on Stegodon bones suggest the tools made at Wolo Sege or other undiscovered sites, were used to butcher the small elephants. The use of fire and…

A major hallmark in the evolution of the hominid species is the modification in the size of the brain. The available fossil record is however incomplete and interpretation is often difficult. The supposed dominance of homo erectus species of hominids is generally credited to the proportions of their brain, that has evolved over the course of their evolutionary history. Direct evidence supporting the changes in the brain can only be obtained from the hominid fossil record, and by studying the…