ANTH 110 1nd Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture A. Pre-Australopithsi. Sahelanthropusii. Orroriniii. ArdipithecusB. Australopithsi. Australopithecus anamensisii. Paranthropus C. Early HomoOutline of Current Lecture I. Paranthropus II. Australopithecus in South AfricaCurrent Lecture I. Paranthropus - The earliest specimen we assign to this genus is "the black skull", Aethopicus. - Has a very defined sagittal crest that sets it apart. At first, it was assigned the Australopithecus genus, but then was changed. - Have derived traits that indicate a tough diet. - This genus did not give rise to any later specimen. They were an evolutionary dead end because of their very distinct niche. II. Australopithecus in South Africa- In East Africa, no A. Afarensis post 3 m.y.a. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- In South Africa, a small less derived specimen existed which derived Australopithecus africanus. - A skull found in a quarry in south africa in 1924 belonged to Australopithecus africanus -The Taung child's skull had an impression of a brain. It was originally thought to be a baboon. A scientist, upon more research, discovered it was not a baboon, but an ancestor of ourselves. - Has a larger brain, smaller brows, smaller canines than Lucy (its ancestor, our ancestor) - Mrs. Ples is another specimen of africanus- A. Sediba, a transitional australopith, was still much shorter than us and still had very long
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