ANTA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Foramen Magnum, Dual Inheritance Theory, Laetoli
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Chapter 9 of understanding humans: introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology. Topics: hominin origins; early hominin fossil record pg 191 - 196 the olduvai gorge archaeology site. Tanzania, the olduvai gorge; a location that has yielded a lot and great quality anthropological information concerning the behaviour of early hominins. Such as homo habilis, homo erectus, australopithecus afarensis. The location of the olduvai gorge within the geological region called the great rift valley, this envrnmt favoured the preservation of early hominin remains, and the conditions for accurate dating over the last 2m years. Lots of other skeletons and remains (like animals) are found in og, setting context of the envrmt at different points in the last 2m years. Lower paleolithic era; an anthrop measurement beginning at about 2. 6 million years ago. Like humans have distinct characteristics from the apes, hominins have distinct characteristic that makes them specifically hominin; Bipedal locomotion is the most important and defining chrtcs in hominin evolution.
