ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Hominidae, Prosimian, Oligocene
28 Nov 2013
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Recap: {early primate revolution: eocene means earliest these date back to 56 - 34/33 mya. Anthropoid radiation: oligocene - 33 - 23 mya. * there are a lot more animals and species that are like the. Anthropoids: miocene - 23 - 5 mya. 1st hominoids; hominoid radiation the periods when most paleoanthropologists are most interested in hominoids humans, great apes and fossil ancesstors. Mosaic evolution: little pieces get added in order to make the entire picture. Earliest hominins are dated to 5 million years ago. What is bipedal locomotion? this is what classifies a hominin: using two legs for walking, dates to 4 million years ago. What is hominin bipedalism? it is habitual and happens all the time it is also obligatory hominins are committed to being bipedal. Capacity: cranium: foramen magnum (skull) and its cranial, vertebral column (spine, pelvis, hind limb, femur/knee, foot.
