Last week we introduced thehomininsand their distinctive upright walking locomotive adaptation. We also showed how the anatomical features that allow for upright walking amonghomininsevolved throughout the Pliocene. By the late Pliocene a newhominingenus Homo (the humans) began to appear in the fossil record. Homo like all otherhomininsis a habitual biped but unlike all otherhomininsits the first to display anatomical features that would have allowed for efficient bipedal running. In addition Homo is the first in the fossil record to show an exponential increase in brain size.
Our task this week will be to explore the anatomy of the early members of the genus homo.
A discovery was made recently in South Africa of a potential new human species which has been named Homonaledi. Your task will be to researchNaledi.
You will be graded on the following:
More than 200 Words(total)
Urgency Anthropology Question
February 8th, 2019 admin