ANTH 1001 : Exam 3 Notes
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Postcranial- everything below the skull standard anatomical position- palms up; a reference point we have; standing straight and facing forward, palms forward, and feet facing down. The big 3 - what separates modern humans from modern apes: obligate bipedality- humans walk on 2 feet all the time. ; it"s the main way we get around: the oldest evidence; it"s the one we start to see first, brain size and shape of skull - humans more encephalized (relative to body size, big brains, they have expanded. Bipedality- seems to be the earliest: what are adaptation in fossil record and how can you spot it, we are looking for adaptations in the skeletons: Places the skull right of top of the vertebrae. in a quadruped- ape- it is positioned more posteriorly- ape on four libs, more horizontal and parallel toward the ground. Foramen magnum- can tell you how an animal looked, where its head sat.
