ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Turkana Boy, Neanderthal Genome Project, No Wave

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Max Friesen

Document Summary

General patterns of morphology for some key fossil hominins. Partial tibia provides strong evidence for bipedality. Primitive (ape-like) cranial morphology and a derived (human-like) postcranial morphology. Ethiopia (hadar, omo, and fejej) and tanzania (laetoli) Complex morphology exhibiting some ape-like traits (e. g. , sagittal crests) and hominin-like traits (valgus knee) Big toes hardly diverged from the rest of foot, unlike in chimpanzees. Gait was heel-strike followed by toe-off , the way modern humans walk. Selam (peace): fossilized skull& sketletal remains of 3-year-old, female. Scapula& hand bones: gorilla-like scapula and long and curved manual phalanges indicate importance of arboreal behavior. Dental features differ from those in a. afarensis. Postcranial features similar to those in a. afarensis. Initial discovery by 9 years old son of researcher! Juvenile male (mhi)& adult female (mh2) remains. Brain: human-like in shape, yet