ANTH 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lee Rogers Berger, Little Foot, Olduvai Gorge
3 Jun 2012
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Nearly complete female post-cranial skeleton and an adult male post- cranial skeleton. Complete skeleton of a 3 yr old chil. Includes many bones that were not previously found in an early hominin. Larynx had the same limitations as in a chimp in terms of vocalizations. Closed woodlands near water, surrounded by open grasslands. Flat face like a robust australopithecine, but a more human-like brain case. Tim white argues that all of the above species are only species (lumper perspective) with different variations. 3 to 2 mya in east and south africa. A single line with 2 branches that was a specialized vegetarian adapted to open grasslands. A line with an undetermined number of branches that was more omnivorous. Genus: australopithecus and earliest members of genus homo. Diet of tough, hard-shelled vegetables foods such as seeds and nuts. Big molars/premolars like vegetarians, but skull shape like omnivore line. Stone tools were found in the same place as garhi.
