17 Outtakes

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HominidsHominids

Family

• Hominids(Hominidae)

Genus

• Australopithecus . . . • Paranthropus . . .

• Homo . . .

AustralopithecinesAustralopithecines

Australopithecus robustus

Paranthropus robustus

=

AustralopithecinesAustralopithecines

Homo habilis

“Advanced” Australopithecus

=

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - PresentSelected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present

"1470" (and "1590") • Lake Turkana, East Africa• Homo rudolfensis

• 2 mya

e.g., 1972

Turnbaugh, Jurmain, Kilgore, and Nelson, 8th ed., p. 248

“Taung Child”

“Lucy”

HominidsHominids

“The Great Savanna”

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - PresentSelected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present

and

Richard and Meave Leakey

1950s to present

Many finds

of Mary and Louis Leakey

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 229

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 234

Cranial Capacity

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 234

Cranial Capacity

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 234

Cranial Capacity

AustralopithecusAustralopithecus

review

AustralopithecinesAustralopithecines

• Australopithecus . . .

• Paranthropus . . . (aka Australopithecus robustus)

_________

“Plio - Pleistocene hominids”

HominidsHominids

Family

• Hominids( Hominidae )

Subfamily

^

Family:Family: Hominids Hominids ((HominidaeHominidae))

Subfamily

• Australopithecines

• Hominines

Genus

• Australopithecus . . .• Paranthropus . . .

• Homo . . .

Early Hominids IIEarly Hominids II

• Orrorin• Ardipithecus• Australopithecu

s

• Paranthropus

• Homo

• tugenensis• ramidus• anamensis• afarensis• africanus• garhi• aethiopicus• boisei• robustus• rudolfensis ( “early” )

• habilis ( “early” )

• erectus• sapiens

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Time 23 July 2001

AustralopithecinesAustralopithecines

Homo habilis

“Advanced” Australopithecus

=

Early HominidsEarly Hominids

•Orrorin•Ardipithecus•Australopithecu

s

•Paranthropus

• tugenensis• ramidus•anamensis•afarensis•africanus•garhi•aethiopicus•boisei• robustus

Genus Species

Early HominidsEarly Hominids

•Orrorin•Ardipithecus•Australopithecu

s

•Paranthropus

• tugenensis• ramidus•anamensis•afarensis•africanus•garhi•aethiopicus•boisei• robustus

Genus Species

Early HominidsEarly Hominids

•Orrorin•Ardipithecus•Australopithecu

s

•Paranthropus

• tugenensis• ramidus•anamensis•afarensis•africanus•garhi•aethiopicus•boisei• robustus

Genus Species

Early HominidsEarly Hominids

•Orrorin•Ardipithecus•Australopithecu

s

•Paranthropus

• tugenensis• ramidus•anamensis•afarensis•africanus•garhi•aethiopicus•boisei• robustus

Genus Species

Early HominidsEarly Hominids

•Orrorin•Ardipithecus•Australopithecu

s

•Paranthropus

• tugenensis• ramidus•anamensis•afarensis•africanus•garhi•aethiopicus•boisei• robustus

Genus Species

AustralopithecinesAustralopithecines

Genus

• Australopithecus

• Paranthropus

• Homo

Species

• robustus

HominidsHominids

“The Transvaal Hominids”

AustralopithecinesAustralopithecines

Genus

• Australopithecus

• Paranthropus

• Homo

Species

• africanus

3.5 mya Australopithecus

suggesting our ancestors

were less chimp-like than we thought

Campbell – Loy, Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 429

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 183

Plio - Pleistocene hominid

= Australopithecus

Prehistoric CulturesPrehistoric Cultures

Introduction toEarly Hominids

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 183

Plio - Pleistocene hominid

= Australopithecus

Epochs: Epochs: Tertiary / QuaternaryTertiary / Quaternary

began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01 (Villafranchian) 1.6

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Epochs: Epochs: Tertiary / QuaternaryTertiary / Quaternary

began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01 (Villafranchian) 1.6

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Miocene 23

31 January 2003

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AustralopithecinesAustralopithecines

Ardipithecus ramidus

Australopithecus ramidus

=

Time 23 July 2001

Fossil Naming ConventionsFossil Naming Conventions

K enya N a tiona lMuseum

Ea st R udolph Find #1,470

KNM - ER - 1470

Epochs: Epochs: Tertiary / QuaternaryTertiary / Quaternary

began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Epochs: Epochs: Tertiary / QuaternaryTertiary / Quaternarybegan (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Miocene 23

Oligocene 34

Eocene 55

Paleocene 65

Plio - Pleistocene hominid = Australopithecus

Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940), Alton, IL, was 8 ft. 11. in.