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Question 1

ardipithecus ramidus

Answer 1

4.4-5.0 mya

bipedal, tree climber, grasping with big toe, woodland omnivore, reduced canines, brain only 300-350 cm3

Question 2

australopithecus anamensis

Answer 2

3.9-4.2 mya

Question 3

A. afarensis

Answer 3

3-3.9 mya LUCY
all toes parallel to axis of foot, bipedality
4ft tall, sexually dimorphis?, projecting jaw, more muscular than humans. mixed bipedality and climbing.
brain size to body size growing

Question 4

A. sidiba

Answer 4

1.8-2.0 mya
descendants from a africanus
shares more derived features with early homo species than other australopithecines

Question 5

paranthropus robustus/noisei/aethiopicus

Answer 5

1.0-2.7 mya
sagittal crests, massive jaw and muscles and teeth
small brains
robust australopithecines

Question 6

homo habilis

Answer 6

2.0-2.3 mya

brain size 650- 800cc

Question 7

homo ergaster (erectus)

Answer 7

2.0-1.5 mya

Question 8

H. erectus

Answer 8

.4- 1.2 mya

brain size 900-1200cc

Question 9

H. neanderthalensis

Answer 9

.03-.4 mya

Question 10

H. sapiens

Answer 10

present .2 mya

brain size 1200-1400cc

Question 11

A africanus

Answer 11

2.5 mya
tang child
endocranial volume 490 cc forward for amen mangum

Question 12

genus homo

Answer 12

habilis, ergaster, eretus, neanderthalensis, sapians

making and using stone tools, becoming more sophisticated over time

Question 13

homo naledi

Answer 13

recently described early homo sapiens, age unknown

Question 14

turkana boy

Answer 14

1.6 mya in kenya
10-12 years old
early erectus or ergaster
cranial capacity about 900cc, not quite modern.

Question 15

java man

Answer 15

.75 mya

Question 16

beijing man

Answer 16

.7 mya in chana, erectus

Question 17

neanderthals

Answer 17

• 400,000 to 40,000 yeas ago in Europe and western asia.
• prominent brow ridge, bulbous nose, sloping forehead and stocky build.
• occipital bun and jaw lines

Question 18

AMH

Answer 18

smaller brow ridge, smaller eye sockets, smaller noses, flatter faces, rounder skulls