ANTB14H3 : Chap 10
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The evolution of early hominin morphology and behavior. 12 hominin fossils in the tugen hills in the highlands of kenya. Included parts of thigh, arm bones, finger bone, two partial mandibles, several teeth, securely dated to 6mya. The genus includes two species ardipithecus kadabba and aridpithecus ramidus and each has similarities to humans and chimps. 5. 8 to 5. 2mya: minly teeth and a single foot bone found. A number of homin species lived in africa between 4 and 2 mya. They are divided into four genera: australopithecus, paranthropus, kenyanthropus and homo: austraolpithecus: a. anamensis, a. afarensis, a. africanus, and a. garhi. Genus names mean southern ape, first applied to a. africanus found in south africa. Were small bipeds with teeth, skull and jaws adapted to a generalized diet: paranthropus: p. aethiopicus, p. ropbustus , p. boisei. Genus names mean parallel to man, coined by rober broom.
