ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthro Nov 5
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Sagittal: a large bone that runs down the center and ridge of the skull. Nuchal: a ridge of bone of the back of the skull towards the inferior (bottom) aspect. *the geography: very significant: species found in chad. *dating makes this the old potential hominin: there is nothing earlier than that people think are related to human linage. * you see a mix of ape like and hominin traits in this fossil. * a great candidate for a common ancestor for apes and humans. Is like the lucy of the new millennium. An ape like cranium and post cranial (everything below skull) skeleton both ape like and hominin like and it shows the evidence of bipedality. But, they didn"t walk like humans weren"t as graceful; believe that they could move through the trees but not by brachiating. Dated 3. 5-3. 2 mya more recent than ardi (it overlaps with a. afarensis) The way it is described: more homonin like than afarensis is.
