ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Natural History Museum, London, Arthur Conan Doyle
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Anta01 october 6, 2016 lecture 5. Review session on october 14th from 2-4 pm in sy 110. Group that includes all species (hominins) more closely related to homo sapiens than to any other living great ape. Anatomical features associated with bipedalism (ex: walking on 2 legs: normally seen in pelvis or femurs. Relatively flat faces (orthognathic: opposite: prognathic. Ability to modify raw materials into recognizable tool types: tool industries. Brain first: big brain is most distinctive human feature, must therefore have been evolving for longest time. Bipedalism first: humans began walking on hind limbs first which freed hands for tool use, leading to brain expansion. Charles dawson: english amateur archaeologist, 1864-1916, discoverer of piltdown i in 1908, found pieces of skull, realized it was close to a human-like skull, sent letters to woodward and chardin. Sir arthur smith woodward: english fish paleontologist and curator of british natural history museum, 1864-1944. Pierre teilhard de chardin: french priest and paleontologist, 1881-1955.
