ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Taung Child, Stutz Motor Company, Australopithecus

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The process of speciation: the human lineage away from chimps and bonobos ca 6 mya, the ability for chimps to use material culture and use cultural technology (e. g. usage of. Lost our ability to be good with trees because of the development of our feet. You can move faster compared with a big ape on the ground. You can scan things much quicker: mobility = movement. The taung child: recognized by raymond dart in 1925 in south africa, names australopithecus africanus, looks very similar to an ape skull, assume skin color is dark more fit because of the sun. Our fossils eventually recognized: australopithecus/paranthropus boisei, east africa 2,6 1,2 mya, dead end, bone structure is very important in analyzing the strength of the different body parts. _________________: bipedalism, tool use, note: keep in mind we are extrapolating from what we have! Increased sociality and all the things that come along with that field is always evolving and changing.

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