ANT203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Meave Leakey, Lake Turkana, Sagittal Crest
Document Summary
Large teeth with thick to very thick enamel on the molars. Discovered by meave leakey in 1995 in northern lenya close to the eastern shore of lake turkana. Of all early hominins, this has the most complete iformation. Type specimen found by mary leaky in laetoli, Partial skelrtn discovered in 1974 by the team of. Lucy is one of the most complete hominin individuals ever found, with 40% of her skeleton represented. Major discovery by the team of donald johanson in hadar, ethiopia in 1975. Discovered in 1978 by mary leakey in laetoli, In 2015, 14 more hominin tracks were discovered at laetoli. Discovered by zeray aleseged in 2000 in dikika, Near-complete 3 year old juvenile skeleton (skull, thorax, and several limb bones) Growth pattern intermediate between apes and hominins (brain growth hominin-like, tooth eruption ape-like) Skeleton suggests bipedality with climbing ability (ape-like clavicle and curved fingers) Some similarities with australopithecus afarensis, but more orthognathic face.
