WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Taung Child, Paranthropus Robustus, Lumbar Vertebrae

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21 Oct 2012

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UTSG

Department

Women and Gender Studies

Course

WGS160Y1

Professor

Grant Henderson

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The evolution of man: the genesis of a genus. Pan: chimpanzees (pan troglodyte) & bonobo split from each other. Hominidae family 2 similar yet different subfamilies: ponginae and homininae. Within these 2 subfamilies: 4 distinct genera: Bornean & chimp: extensive ability to fashion tools, use of sticks & stones to attain food (prey) Most/all apes from old world monkey (25-35mya) Orrorin tugenesis also found in kenya brigitte senut & martin pickford. Most hominim fossils found eastern and southern africa humans believed to have originated there as well. Great apes split from hyloblatidae (gibbon) family, roughly 15-20mya. Australopithecus: southern ape thought to have evolved africa 4mya. May have laid foundation for homo genus. Debate on inclusion of a. robustus & a. boisei in the genus. Were widespread throughout africa (footprints found dating 3. 6 mya) 4. 4mya tim white in ehiopia, 1992 first hominid to break from pan genus.

Related Questions

Compared to australopithecines and modern humans, what were Homo erectus limb bones?

Australopithecus afarensis

all of these

the fossil skeleton known as âLucyâ belongs to this species

is found in southern and eastern Africa

is the largest well-studied collection of early hominins

the earliest primates are found in which epoch?

All of the Eocene primates have modern primate descendants.

False

True

If an isotope has a half-life of 4 billion years, then in 4 billion years what will happen?

all of the original amount will have decayed

half of the original amount will still be present

a quarter of the original amount will still be present

all of the original amount will still be present

Biostratigraphy is a type of relative dating technique.

True

False

Which dating technique could you use to get an estimated age in years from a bone that is known to be less than 40,000 years old?

"John is two years older than Joe." This statement is an example of

a chronometric comparison

a theory

an absolute date

a relative date

The task of interpreting early hominin evolution

is still not complete

is best left to geologists

rarely replies on assigning taxonomic names to fossil material

does not require a chronological framework

The earliest possible hominin found to date has been given the name __ and was discovered in __.

Ardipeithecus / East Africa

Sahelanthropos / Central Africa

Australopithecus / the Rift Valley

Orrorin / the Fayum

Compared to australopithecines and modern humans, what were Homo erectus limb bones?

Australopithecus afarensis

all of these

the fossil skeleton known as âLucyâ belongs to this species

is found in southern and eastern Africa

is the largest well-studied collection of early hominins

The earliest primates are found in which epoch?

All of the Eocene primates have modern primate descendants.

False

True

If an isotope has a half-life of 4 billion years, then in 4 billion years what will happen?

all of the original amount will have decayed

half of the original amount will still be present

a quarter of the original amount will still be present

all of the original amount will still be present

Biostratigraphy is a type of relative dating technique.

True

False

Which dating technique could you use to get an estimated age in years from a bone that is known to be less than 40,000 years old?

"John is two years older than Joe." This statement is an example of

a chronometric comparison

a theory

an absolute date

a relative date

The task of interpreting early hominin evolution

is still not complete

is best left to geologists

rarely replies on assigning taxonomic names to fossil material

does not require a chronological framework

The earliest possible hominin found to date has been given the name __ and was discovered in __.

Ardipeithecus / East Africa

Sahelanthropos / Central Africa

Australopithecus / the Rift Valley

Orrorin / the Fayum

please help check the answer is correct or not, and help me fill in the blank

Primate Identification Fill out the following classification chart for chimpanzee and gorilla observed.

1. Common Name: ___Chimpanzee____________________ Scientific Name: __Pan Trogolodytes__________ Suborder (traditional/modern scheme): __Haplorrhini_______________ Superfamily: ______Hominiodea______________________________ Genus: ____Pan____________________

Species: _____Troglodytereza_________

Additional taxonomic information: ____________________________________________

Number of primates in enclosure: ________Fourteen____________________________________

Number of adult males: __________Two_______________________

Number of adult females: ___Six (there were_two chimps of unknown sex)____________

Number of juveniles: ______________Four____________________________________ S

exual dimorphism? ____Females are smaller___________________________________

Diet (if observable)? Eats mainly fruit and plant, sometime eat insects, and it does eat monkey.

Arboreal or Terrestrial? ______Terrestrial, also they do use tree. ____________

Nocturnal or diurnal? _________Diurnal____________________________

Locomotion: _Quadruped, and walking bipedal. Where are these primates found in the wild? __Central and Western Africa________

Are they endangered? __Yes, they are high risk endangered._____

Common Name: _________Western Lowland Gorilla__________

Scientific Name: ____Gorilla gorilla gorilla___________________

Suborder (traditional/modern scheme): _____Anthropoide

Superfamily: _____ Hominoidea

Genus: ________Gorilla________________________

Species: ______G.Beringei; G. gorilla____________

Additional taxonomic information: ____________________________

Number of primates in enclosure: ____Four______________

Number of adult males: ________2________________________________________

Number of adult females: ________2_________________________________________

Number of juveniles: _________none________________________________

Sexual dimorphism? _______Females are smaller than males___________

Diet (if observable)? Mainly fruit and other plant matter-leaves, stems, seeds, pith, and bark. Sometimes eat termites, caterpillars, and other insects.

Arboreal or Terrestrial? _Terrestrial, they do use the tree (less arboreal mainly young play in the trees.

Nocturnal or diurnal? _______Diurnal______________________________________

Locomotion: Quadruped, they are knuckle walker. They support their weight on the dorsal surface of the third and fourth digits of the curled hands.

Where are these primates found in the wild? Found in the countries of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. (is this correct?)

Are they endangered? _______Yes, they are critically endangered________________

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