Vocabulary List: Words, Phrases, and Concepts to knowPart 2, ANTH 101AcheulianAnthropoidArborealBasicraniumBig toe divergent or alignedBiface or bifacial (vs unifacial)BipedalismBladeBP (used in radiocarbon dating)Brow ridgeBurinbyaCanine teethCatarrhine (vs Playrrhine)Cercopithecoid (vs Hominoid)Cladistic tree (vs. Taxonomic tree)Continental driftCoreCranial (vs postcranial)Cranial capacityCraniumDart, Raymond (and the Taung Child)Deciduous teeth (vs permanent teeth)Dental arcade or dental arch (parabolic vs U-shaped)Dental eruptionDiaphysis/diaphysesDiastemaDiurnalDryopithecids (vs Ramapithecids)EndocastEoceneEpiphyseal closureEpiphysis/ephiphysesEvolutionExpensive Tissue HypothesisFaunal associationFayum, EgyptFemurFirst FamilyFlakeForamen magnumFossil gapGenus (singular), genera (plural)GondwanalandGracile (vs robust)Hadar, EthiopiaHammerstoneHand axeHerbivorousHoloceneHominidHominid radiationHominoidIllia (plural) (Illium - singular)InsectivorousJohanson, DonaldKnuckle-walkingLaetoliLaurasiaLeakey, Louis and othersLocomotionLucyMacromutationMandibleMastoid processMioceneMolarsmyaNatural selectionNocturnalNuchal crestOccipital torusOldowanOlduvaiOligocenePaleocenePaleodemographyPaleolithic (Lower vs Upper)PaleopathologyPangaeaPebble chopperPelvisPiltdown HoaxPlate tectonicsPlatyrrhine (vs Catarrhine)Pleistocene (Ice Age) (Upper, Middle Lower)PlesiadapiformPliocenePostcranialPostorbital constrictionPrehensilePrognathismProsimianPubic symphasisQuadrupedalQuaternary PeriodRadiation (adaptive radiation)Radiator TheoryRaftingRamapithecids (vs Dryopithecids)Rift Valley (East Africa)Robust (vs gracile)Sagittal crestSagittal keelSavannaSexual dimorphismSkull suture closureSpecies (either singular or plural depending on context)Supraorbital torus (later where we find brow ridge)TaphonomyTaungTaxonomyTerminal Miocene EventTertiary PeriodVertical clinging and leapingVisual Predation TheoryyaY-5 cusp patternZhoukoudian (Choukoudian)Zygomatic archFossil genera and species to know:AegyptopithecusArdipithecusAustralopithecus CatopithecusHomoOrrorinParanthropopusProconsulSahelanthropusSivapithecusArdipithecus ramidus (Ard. ramidus kadabba; Ard. ramidus ramidus)Australopithecus afarensisAustralopithecus africanusAustralopithecus anamensisAustralopithecus garhiHomo erectusHomo ergasterHomo habilisHomo rudolfensisHomo sapiensParanthropus boseiParanthropus robustusSahelanthropus
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