ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rising Star Cave, Paranthropus Boisei, Homo Naledi
3 Mar 2016
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Look at hominids (humans and their direct ancestors) Also look at early apes and primates. Fossils: anything preserved in rocks, organic materials, could be impressions within a rock, earliest fossils found in africa. Team of researchers in the rising star expedition found over. There could be a hominous species that dates further back. Fully hominid dental pattern: tooth enamel is thinner. Bipedalism could have started in these forests. Important because: early signs of bipedalism, based on similarities, it was almost contemporary. Last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees were hominid like. Lucy is the most complete form of this species. Evidence of fossils determined there was bipedalism. Foramen magnum is lower in the skull with bipedals as the spine will be aligned. Pelvis shaped in the form of a bowl to support internal organs. Big toe is enlarged and there is a longitudinal arch.
