Week 3 Biological Anthropology

Weekly Topics and subtopics

Primates Human as Primates and Modern Human Adaptations Paleoanthropology

Basic Overview of Paleoanthropology History of the Old Earth Dating Methods Used in Paleoanthropology History of Paleoanthropology Evolutionary lines, trees, bushes, and species ArdipithecusAustralopithecusHomoPutting it all together

Ardipithecus

The Environment of Human Origins Origins of Bipedality and Canine Reduction Sahelanthropus and Orrorin Ardipithecus kadabba and Ardipithecus ramidus

Sahelanthropus and Orrorin

Orrorin tugenensis

Age: ~6 Million

Place Kenya

Cranial Capacity ?

Notes Aligned with hominina by subtle evidence in femur for bipedality. Grouped with Ardipithecus even though most in the field use Orrorin as the genus

Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Age:6-7 Million

Place Chad, Central Africa

Cranial Capacity 350 cc

Notes Aligned with hominina by big brow ridges and reduced canines. Grouped with Ardipithecus even though most in the field use Sahelanthropus as the genus

Sahelanthropus tschadensis

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Ardipithecus

Sahelanthropus and Orrorin

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