ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rising Star Cave, Homo Rudolfensis, Olduvai Gorge
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Recognizing fossil genera: a genus is a group of species composed of member more closely related to each other than to species from any other species. Carnivores leave complete shaft of bones, because they chew on the ends of the bones (tra. Some people think homo austalopith should be call habilis. 1. 8 ma (cid:862)ho(cid:373)o rudolfe(cid:374)sis(cid:863): knm er 1813-510cc. Teeth: smaller anterior teeth than australopithecus (like homo, post canines generally like early homo, m3>m2>m1 like earlier hominins. T ax onom ic d iffic ulties: knm er 1470-510 cc, big brain, primitive face, 1. 8 ma (homo rudolfensis?, knm er 1813-510cc, small brain, derived, homo habilis, lumpers and splitters. Who were the earlies t a fric an e m ig rants : hominins migrated to asia and europe descended from earlier african ancestors, acheulean: stone tool industry from the early and middle pleistocene, bifacial tools, teardrop shaped.
