ANTH 4040 Lecture : Anthropology 4040 Notes
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Miocene: 23 to 5 mya: evolutionary events in the miocene, first hominoids, first hominids. Lumbar vertebra is hominoid-like (stiff lower back) (ape like) Any taxon that we place within the taxonomic subfamily homininae. Humans are unique in locomotion among living mammals. There is no single trait that defines hominid but bipedality is usually the primary characteristic that defines it. Sahelanthropus tchandensis: dated to 7-6 mya, found in chad, orrorin tugenensis, dated to about 6mya, found in kenya, ardipithecus kadabba or ardipithecus ramidus, dated to 5,8 4. 4 mya, found in ethiopia. Australopithecus anamensis: all agree shows bipedality, dated to 4. 2 3. 9 mya, found in kenya. Early hominid fossil sites: all early hominid fossil sites from late miocene and pliocene are in africa, most are along the great rift valley in africa. Some famous early hominid fossil sites: hadar- ethiopia, koobi for a (lake turkana, olduvai gorge, tanzania.
