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Discovered by Raymond Dart in 1924
Hominid features |
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Brain Size
Shape of dental arcade
Long arms
Small body size |
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Canine size & shape
Reduced diastema
Bipedalism characteristics |
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| Robust Australopithecines |
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Broad, flat faces
Sagittal crest
Postorbital constriction
Huge back teeth with smaller front teeth
KNM - WT 17000 “The Black Skull”
A. robustus
A. boisei |
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H. habilis: single, variable species
H. rudolfensis: multiple, less variable species
Oldowan stone tools: consist mainly of cores, lumps of stone, often river cobbles modified from the original rock by flaking pieces off it. |
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Early Hominids
Bipedalism features |
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Foramen magnum position
Pelvis
Angle of femur (valgus knee)
Reorganization of foot |
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Eugene Dubois: Dutch Army; doctor
1892
P. erectus
Thick cortical bone in limbs
Nariokotome skeleton: 80% Complete fossil, Teenage H. Erectus
Expensive tissue hypothesis
Acheulian tool culture
Use of fire |
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Homo E.
Cranial buttressing system |
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Supraorbital torus
Nuchal torus
Sagittal keel
Angular torus |
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Persistence hunting: chase prey until prey dies or falls over of exhaustion
Drive prey into mud or bog |
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