ANTH 3100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Middle Awash, Lake Turkana, Afar Region
27 Apr 2018
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Human Evolution I - Study guide for Final Exam
• Be able to identify with specifics fossil hominid groups
o Where
o When
o Who
o Characteristics
A. Ardipithecus
a. 4.5 - 5.5 million years ago
b. Found in ethiopia; Afar region
c. Distinguishing characteristics
i.Foot - had a grasping toe which provides evidence that they lived in a forested
environment
d. Fossil evidence
. A. Kadavi
1. Age (5.8 - 5.2 mya)
2. Location - Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia
3. Characteristics
a. Biped
b. Cc = modern chimp
c. Lived in wood and grasslands
i.A. Ramidus (“Ardi”)
1. Age (4.4 mya)
2. Location - middle Awash valley ethiopia and Gona
3. Characteristics
. Grasping toe
a. Wooded environment
b. Sexual dimorphism
B. Australopithecus
a. 2.5- 4.2 mya
b. Only found in Africa
c. Two forms gracile and robust
d. Fossil evidence
i.A. Anamensis
1. Age (4.2 - 3.9mya)
2. Location - lake turkana, middle awash valley , ethiopia
3. Characteristics -
a. Similar to that of modern human and ape
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Document Summary
Human evolution i - study guide for final exam: be able to identify with specifics fossil hominid groups, where, when, who, characteristics. Distinguishing characteristics i. foot - had a grasping toe which provides evidence that they lived in a forested environment. A. kadavi: age (5. 8 - 5. 2 mya, location - middle awash valley, ethiopia, characteristics. Ramidus ( ardi : age (4. 4 mya, location - middle awash valley ethiopia and gona, characteristics. Anamensis: age (4. 2 - 3. 9mya, location - lake turkana, middle awash valley , ethiopia, characteristics - Similar to that of modern human and ape. Full time biped with part time aborialism ii. a. Garhi: age (2. 5 mya, location - eastern africa, characteristics. Found in association with evidence of stone tools. Africanus: age (3. 3 -2. 1 mya, location - south africa, characteristics. Taung child iv. a. afarensis (lucy: age (3. 85 - 2. 95mya, location - eastern africa, characteristics. Fossil evidence i. homo habilis: age (2. 4 -1. 4 mya, location - east and south africa, characteristics.
