Exam 13: The Early Hominins

The evidence for bipedal locomotion in early hominins includes:

The Australopithecus bahrelghazalia find is associated with other animal fossils that have been dated to between:

Australopithecus gahri was found in ________ and is dated to ___________.

A.afarensis may be transitional between the Miocene hominoids and later australopithecines.It shows primitive characteristics including:

The tribe Hominini includes:

Traits associated with heavy chewing include:

Although there might be more than one species present at Hadar,the current consensus is that only one species is present,and that species is:

Based upon the curving of the A.afarensis finger and toe bones,some paleoanthropologists believe that this species was adapted to:

When a form has large jaw muscles,you might also find:

The skeleton of the human hand differs from that of the chimpanzee hand in that the human hand is characterized by:

The first concrete evidence of the manufacture of stone tools comes from a site near the Gona River of:

Today,paleoanthropologists have determined that A.africanus is not a hominin,because it:

The australopithecine fossils from Kanapoi have been dated by the 40Ar/39Ar method to around:

Matching Questions match each person with the site they are associated with: -Raymond Dart

The hominins include:

Matching Questions match each anatomical feature with its definition: -zygomatic arch

The members of the genus Paranthropus were at one time considered to be robust species of the genus Australopithecus.What are the arguments for separating these species into their own genus versus including them with the members of the genus Australopithecus?

Postcranially,A.afarensis is characterized by:

C.K.Brain explains the South African fossils as being:

An analysis of the dentition of the Taung baby suggests: