This species is often referred to as the southern ape of the lake.
Who is A. anamensis?
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Found in 1974 this fossil was 40% complete, and named after a famous Beatle's song.
Who is Lucy?
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The first Australopithecus was discovered here in 1959.
What is Olduvai Gorge?
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In robusts this is enlarged and moved forward.
What is the temporals?
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this is a group of australopithecines that hit an evolutionary dead end?
Who is Robust Australopithecines?
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No other hominid is more well studied than this species.
Who is A. afarensis?
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In 1924 Raymond Dart received a crate from a limestone quarry containing this famous fossil.
Who is the Taung Child?
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3.6 million years old, this discovery provided solid evidence of bipedalism.
What is the Laetoli Footprints?
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In robusts this is moved forward over the teeth, and results in a dished face.
What is a Masseter?
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Chewing tough, hard-to-break food items such as the nuts of fibrous vegetation.
What is Hard Object Feeding?
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Found in 1995, this was the first hominid to be discovered in West Africa.
Who is A. Bahrelghazali?
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Discovered in England in 1912 this fossil was later proven to be a hoax.
Who is the Piltdown Man?
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This site produced 6,000 specimens in two years including 36 hominid individuals.
What is Hadar?
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Bipedal apes with small bodies, small brains, moderately prognathic faces, and primitive and derived craniodental traits.
Who is Australopithecines?
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Discovered by Mary Leakey in Olduvai Gorge, this species was similar to a. robustus, but with a larger face and teeth, and a cranial capacity 530 cc.
Who is a. boisei?
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This species is referred to as the Unexpected Southern Ape from the Afar.
Who is A.garhi?
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Similar to a. robustus, but with a larger face and teeth and a
cranial capacity 530 cc.
Who is Nutcracker man?
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Discovered in 1976 by Don Johnson's team, this group of about 17 hominid individuals is commonly referred to this.
Who is "The First Family?'
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In humans this is horizontal to the ground, and in everything else there is a pretty severe angle.
What is the Nuchal Plane?
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This species had body similar to a. africanus, but a larger more robust skull, jaw, and teeth.
Who is a. robustus?
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First found in 1938 in South Africa by Robert Broom, this species is known for their extreme anatomical specialization.
Who is Robust Australopithecines?
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Found in 1985 by Alan Walker and Richard Leakey
this fossil is known for its black pigment.
Who is the Black Skull?
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Thought to live between 4.2-3.9 million years ago, this australopithecine race was nicknamed "Southern Ape of the Lake after being discovered by Meave Leakey at Lake Turkana.
What is A. anamensis?
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The bodily attribute of being bipedal.
What is bipedalism?
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Discovered in 1985 by Alan Walker and Richard Leakey, and
ancestor of both robust species?