BIOL359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 48: Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Rudolfensis
6 Apr 2015
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Early hominins are placed in the gerna australopithecus and ardopithecus. Hominins include us homo and our ancestory. Australopithecus species varies in time and space. Ardipithecus ramidus 4. 4 mya (not well known, the jaw and teeth arrangement is important) Australopitchecus anamensis 4. 2-3. 9 mya (jaw partial femur and partial humerous. Australopithecus afarensis 3. 9-2. 9 mya best known of the three species, very well known. A partial skeleton from the ethiopia in east africa date at 4. 4 mybp. Aposable thumb on feet, still living in the trees, early hominid. Called lucy because at the site they were all staying they were playing lucy in the sky. Small set of hand prints within the larger ones. In chimps, the long axis of the hip is in line with the backbone. In lucy and humans the angle has changed. The weight of the body is born differently in chimps and australopith and humans.
