ANTH 1001 : Anthropology Notes Test 3
Document Summary
Biped- curvier, curve is very pronounced, helps absorb shock as we walk. Biped- not straight, angle puts the bottom of the femur directly underneath the center of the pelvis. New fossils spoil the previous beliefs of a species. Behind the eye orbits, there is a narrowing constriction. Enlarged area of bone above the eye orbits. Enlarged ridge of bone located on the center on the top of the skull and runs front to back (bone mohawk son) Ridge of bone that runs posterior to inferior. Lactoli- located in tanzania, 3 sets of hominide footprints that suggest bipedalis: africanus (3-2 mya) Small brain, nucal crest, browridge, poc, porgnitism, 4-4. 5 feet tal. Endocast solid impression of the inside of the skull perserved details of size and shape of the brain: garhi (2. 5 mya) Southern apes uprise, found in east africa not far from where bones were found with tool markings: aethipicus (2. 7-2. 5 mya)
