ANTH 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Homo Erectus, Homo Naledi, Homo Habilis
15 Nov 2016
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The oldest fossils that are hypothesized to belong to our genus are between. However, they are all small fragments of uncertain identity. The oldest clearly identifiable fossils of early homo date to around 2. 0 ma. At present we do not know who the ancestor of homo was: sediba is about 1. 98 ma, habilis, h. rudolfensis, and h. erectus appear 1. 9 ma. Suggest an adaptive radiation of human-like hominins at around 2 million years ago. First discovered at olduvai gorge by louis leaky in 1960. Initial description re-diagnosed the genus homo, redefining what it meant to be human. Originally thought to be part of h. habilis, but now considered a distinct taxon. Unlikely to be realistic- based on fossils that has been found. As a species, h. erectus existed for over 1. 5 million years. The first hominin with body proportions similar to us. This is possibly the first hominin to earn the title human.
