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  1. Australopithecus africanus (2.8-2.4)
    • -Taung, S.Africa
    • -Child (tooth eruption) "Taung Child"
    • -Deciduous(baby teeth) canines small
    • -Ape-sized brain
    • -Endocast showed brain stem position changed(foramen magnum)
  2. Piltdown Man
    • - "Discovered" in 1912
    • - Showed that "the brain led the way" in human evolution
    • - "Proved" earliest hominin was English(not African)
    • - Hoax: 600 year-old skull, orangutan mandible.
  3. A. africanus Bipedal Traits
    • - Human-like shape of pelvis
    • - Convergent big toe
    • - Foramen magnum under skull
  4. A. africanus Cranial Traits
    • - Derived cranial traits shared with later species
    • - Canine reduction
    • - Bicuspid premolars
    • - and Less Prognathism
  5. The "Robust" australopiths
    • - Australopithecus aethiopicus (2.7-2.3mya) E. Africa
    • - Paranthropus boisel (2.3-1.4mya) E. Africa
    • - Paranthropus robustus(1.8-1.0)
    • - Living around the same time as the more gracile A. africanus
    • - Skulls probably adapted to a coarse vegetatian diet
  6. The emergence of the genus Homo...
    • - Defined by increased brain size
    • - Associated with behavioral innovations:
    • food getting strategies
    • division of labor & food sharing
    • tool use
  7. Increase in Foraging Complexity
    • - Larger brains
    • - Long periods of juvenile development:
    • time for brains to grow(cant grow in womb)
    • time to learn important foraging skills
    • - Specialization favored for Division of Labor, Sharing and Cooperation.. "social insurance"
    • - More male paternal invesment.. reduced sexual dimorphism
  8. The Pleistocene: First members of the genus Homo
    • Homo habilis
    • Homo rudolfensis
    • - Most people classify as early Homo species
  9. Origin of Homo
    • - First discoveries of genus Homo at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
    • - Dating 2.4-1.6 mya (Pleistocene)
    • - Contemporaneous w/robust australopiths
  10. Homo habilis (2.4-1.6)
    • - Larger brain
    • - Reduced cheek teeth
    • A. afarensis, A. arficanus, H. habilis
    • - Oldowan Tools
  11. Homo ergaster (1.8-0.6mya)
    • - "Turkana Boy"
    • - Dated to 1.5 mya
    • - 12 year old male- 5'4"
    • - Tall & Big Brained

    • Shared Features:
    • - No chin
    • - Receding forehead
    • Supraorbital suclus
    • Supraorbital torus
  12. Homo ergaster tools
    Acheulean handaxes

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 ANT 001
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2011-12-03 20:28:30
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