ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Arthur Smith Woodward, Iliac Crest
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Homini: the group that includes all those species more closely to homo sapiens than to any living great ape. Anatomical features associated with bipedalism (=walking on two limbs) Very small canines third from middle. Ability to modify raw materials into recognizable tool types. Ability to both learn and invent language. Brain first: the big brain is the most distinctive human feature, and must therefore have been evolving for the longest time. Early 20th century, thought the brain came first. Charles dawson, worked in a gravel pit piltdown discovered human skulls that were stained dark. Drew interest of arthur smith woodward (keeper of british museum"s history department) Pierre teilhard de chardin (a preist, a prominent paleontologist) Jaw bone seemed to pertain to something ape like. Skull fragments suggested a very large brain. Suggested something we had something ape like with something with a human sized brain. Woodward presented a reconstruction of the skull.
