ANT 2511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Archaic Humans, Cbs, Hominidae
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Includes the great apes, humans, and humanlike ancestors. Hominins , i. e. modern humans and our obligate biped ancestors. Earliest members of the hominid lineage-barely represented in the fossil record. Two views on the evolution of humankind (early 20th century) Ape -> bipedal ape -> intelligent bipedal ape (large brain) -> human. Ape -> intelligent ape -> bipedal intelligent ape -> human. **we now know without a doubt that it is locomotion-first** Charles dawson (1846-1916) lawyer, amateur geologist. Fossil remains first unearthed in sussex gravel pit ca. Woodward"s reconstruction cranial capacity of 1,070 cm^3. Several camps did not accept authenticity, or rather, the association of skull fragments and jaw. 1953 jaw and cranial fragments werenot from the same individual. Setback of some 40+ years for paleoanthropology. Habitual or obligate bipedalism: form of locomotion practiced by hominins. She almost died of a severe stomach flu and started walking bipedally. Positioned further forward (anteriorly) under the skull.
