ANTH 4040 Lecture : ANTH 4040 Final Notes
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Incisor and canines: compared to pan, early hominins have, smaller incisors, smaller canines, non-honing canine-premolar complex. Megadontia quotient formula to figure out how big the teeth are comparted to body size: early hominins have absolutely and relatively larger molars than pan, au. Its emphasis on the canine dentition, not body size: au. Boisei has absolutely and relatively the largest molars. Early hominins have thicker enamel than chimp. Need to know: neanderthals, australopithecine, earliest homo brain size. Encephalization quotient how big is brain compared to body size: cranial capacity of earliest hominins not different from pan, earliest homo has absolutely and relatively largest cranial capacity, skull of australopithecus afarensis looks more like apes than humans. That"s why they are classified as hominins because they are bipedal. Ardipithecus ramidus had terrestrial and arboreal aspects to its lifestyle: 2 anatomies suggest partly arboreal lifestyle, grasping big toe (know, arms and legs more about equal in length.
