ANT 350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bouri Formation, Little Foot, Rwenzori Mountains
Document Summary
Several hundred pieces of bone fossils representing 40 percent of the skeleton of a female australopithecus afarensis. Discovered in 1974 in africa near hadar by donald johansson. Supports the view of human evolution that bipedalism preceded increase in brain size. Known for nearby archaeological digs that have yielded some well-known hominin fossils. Famous for its hominin footprints, preserved in volcanic ash. Provided convincing evidence for the theory of bipedalism in pliocene hominins. A village and site in north-eastern ethiopia. Remains of australopithecus and ardipithecus have been found. Tim white found a totally of 17 specimens of hominid fossils in 1992 and 1993. Ardipithecus ramidus was proposed as a species out of the findings of this site. Best known for a piece of jaw found there in 1967 that appears to be one of the oldest known fossils of a hominin. Hominin fossil discovered in lake turkana, kenya in 1999 by justus erus. May have been the earliest tool-users known.
