Exam 3 Flashcards
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During the miocene, the first what showed up?
- First hominoids
* First hominids
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Tethys sea:
separated Africa from Europe and Asia
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The 3 earliest hominoid species:
Procunsul, Afropithecus, Kenyapithecus
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procunsul dental formula
2.1.2.3
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procunsil has a ___ cusp patterns on molars
Y5
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What teeth types tell us procunsul was a frugivore?
big incisors, small molars
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what is extended as a tube in proconsul?
ectotympanic bone
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middle ear anatomy of procunsul is like:
modern catarrhine
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procunsul is dissimilar to:
modern apes
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Species: Sahelanthropus
tchandensis
Where found:
dates back:
7-6 mya in chad
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Species: Orrorin
tugenensis
Where found:
dates back:
6 mya in kenya
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Species:Ardipithecus
kadabba
Where found:
dates back:
5.8-4.4 mya in ethiopia
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Species: Ardipithecus
ramidus
Where found:
dates back:
4.4 mya in ethiopia
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Species: Australopithecus
anamensis
Where found:
dates back:
4.2-3.9 mya in kenya
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Species: Australopithecus
afarensis
Where found:
dates back:
3.9-2.9 mya in hadar, ethiopia and laetoli, tanzania
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Species:Australopithecus
africanus
Where found:
dates back:
taung and sterkfontein, south africa 3.5-2.4 mya
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Species: Australopithecus
aethiopicus
Where found:
dates back:
lake turkana, kenya 2.7-2.3 mya
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Species: Australopithecus
garhi
Where found:
dates back:
ethiopia 2.5 mya
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Species: Australopithecus
Boisei
Where found:
dates back:
2.3-1.2 mya in olduvai gorge tanzania and lake turkana, kenya
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Species: Australopithecus
robustus
Where found:
dates back:
swartkrans, s. africa 2-1.4 mya
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Species: Kenyanthropus
platyops
Where found:
dates back:
lake turkana, kenya 3.5-3.2 mya
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Species: Homo habilis
Where found:
dates back:
lake turkana, kenya and olduvai gorge, tanzania 2.4-1.6 mya. this is KNM-ER 1470
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tchadensis is possibly bipedal based on:
foramen magnum positioned
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tugensisis is possibly bipedal based on:
based on femur
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kadabba is possibly bipedal based on:
on 1 toe bone
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ramidus is possibly bipedal based on:
foramen magnum
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anamensis is bipedal based on:
tibia region
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Which australopithecines possibly used tools?
gahri and robustus
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tchadensis lived near a:
lake and desert
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which hominins lived in an exclusively wooded area?
ardipithecus kadabba, ramidus
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which hominids have a honing premolar cutting complex?
kadabba and chimpanzees
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sagital crest was present in hominins up to what species?
kenyanthropus platyops is first species without
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cranial capacity of homo habilis is:
631cc, but KNM-ER 1470 is 750 cc
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what species are associated with oldowan tools?
H. habilis and maybe gahri
