ANTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Paranthropus Aethiopicus, Paranthropus Robustus, Paranthropus Boisei
6 Aug 2020
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If so, use paranthropus; if not, use australopithecus. First one to be discovered in 1930"s. Slightly larger brains than the gracile australopithecines. Toughest and crunchiest diet of any species. Ate tough plant foods (and a lot less fruit) This relates heavily to why they evolved large robust cranial features. (ridge of bone down the center of the head) Largest temporalis muscles (chewing muscles) of any species. Sagittal crest began an anchor for the temporalis muscles at the top of the head. Which also acted as an anchor for the temporalis muscles. Homo ergaster is incredible clever and among the first human carnivores. Between 1. 7mya and 600,000 years ago the descendants of homo ergaster moved out of. With the discovery of pine resin homo erectus was able to keep their torches/fire lit for much longer. Neanderthals had stone tools to aid in the hunting of animals. Neanderthals buried their dead intact which points to more humanity.
