BIOL 1002 Chapter : Biology Chapter 19
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**standard anatomical position: standing straight up with palms facing front. How bones are described: forward facing, palms forward feet facing down. Dorsal: posterior (in humans, towards the back. **-study of human evolution and the fossil record. Try to differentiate between hominid and hominine: **goals, 1. Identify different paleospecies: 2. understand the relationship among the different. **these 3 things did not occur simultaneously: obligate bipedality, brain size (and by correlation shape of the skull, culture. S shape is build into the vertebra: helps to distribute weight, posture, shock absorption, and balance, pelvis shape (ilia, ilia(ilium) Referring to the flared portion of the hip done. Human"s pelvis is more rounded or bold shaped and the ilia are oriented in an anterior/posterior position. Great apes have flatter pelvis with medial/lateral oriented ilia: femur. Bicondylar angle: angle of femur to center of body (walking) Neck length: biped have longer neck that in quadruped.
