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Early Hominids
early human ancestors
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Anthropology
11/17/2008
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Term
 Definition

Asian H. erectus

 

Peking man

 

Missing bar shaped supraorbital torus.

 (skull cap has bar shape)

Term
 Definition
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Term
 Definition
Kenyanthropus platyops
Term
 Definition

H. heidelbergensis

Or

Archaeic H. sapiens (african)

 

Kabwe skull/Broken hill skull

Term
 Definition
H. habilis
Term
 Definition

H. ergaster

 or

H. erectus ( african)

 

KNM-ER 3733

Term
 Definition

H. rudolfensis

or 

H.habilis

Term
 Definition

H. ergaster

or

H. erectus (african)

 

Nariokotome boy

Term
 Definition

Anatomically modern H.sapiens

 

Cro magnon

Term
 Definition

Asian H. erectus

 

Peking man

Term
 Definition

A. afarensis

 

Lucy

Term
 Definition

A. africanus

Taung child
Term
 Definition

A. africanus

 

Ms. Ples

Term






Pink Cast
 Definition

 

 

 

 

Anatomically Modern H. Sapiens

Term





Archaeic H.sapiens
(European)
 Definition

 

 

Steinheim skull

Term






Mauer mandible
 Definition

 

 

 

Archaeic H. sapiens

Term








Archaic H.sapiens
mandible
 Definition

 

 

no chin, retromolar space

Term





Brown post orbital skeleton bones
 Definition
H.ergaster/H.erectus Nariokotome boy
Term






condylar index
 Definition

 

 

measures the position of the foramen magnum

 

the closer it is to 100 = bipedal

Term
 Definition