ANT101H5 Lecture 10: Miocene hominoids
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Lower part of face is inward (tucked under brain vault), not protruding (jutting out) Upper canine is reduce and worn down from the tip. The 2 rows of teeth are parallel. Big tooth, big premolars and molars, massive back teeth. Large deep, lower jaws with large attachments for muscles. Raised ridge (sagittal crest) at the top of the head. Projecting nuchal torus at the back bottom of skull pointed shape where it should be round) Maximum cranial breath is below ear opening. Small sagittal keel (small ridge that runs front to back along the midline of the skull) Large, long, low cranium bulging at the sides (largest brain capacity than any other species) Forehead rises more vertically than homo erectus. Large brow ridges arch over the orbits instead of forming a straight bar. Mid-face projects almost as if it were being pulled forward.
