ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Australopithecine, Sahelanthropus, Herbivore
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Tool making behavior is not unique feature of homo (many primates are able to make tools, chimps, great apes: standardized tool making a specific method of manufacture used to produce the tool (e. g. , spoons and forks) Missing link who is the ancestor which relates to apes to humans. Eoanthropus dawsoni (piltdown man) human like skull with ape like jaw. Charles dawson believed this was the missing link. The hall mark feature of which changes hominoids to hominins is the habitual bipedalism (always walk on 2 feet) S shaped spine holds gravity to enable upright motion. Basin pelvis bowl shaped hips (valgus angle angulation of thigh bone) human hip is wider, and have iliac blades wider: orientation of bone makes a difference. Foot change human big toe allows us to move forward it holds body weight. Prey can see you easily due to standing. Vital organs are displayed openly, unlike other primates theirs is faced downward.
