'Australopithecus africanus' presentation slideshows

TOWARDS A STATISTICAL DEFINITION OF A SPECIES IN TERMS OF PROBABILITIES OF CONSPECIFICITY,

TOWARDS A STATISTICAL DEFINITION OF A SPECIES IN TERMS OF PROBABILITIES OF CONSPECIFICITY, WITH EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM THE STUDY OF AFRICAN PLIO-PLEISTOCENE HOMINIDS FRANCIS THACKERAY DIRECTOR, TRANSVAAL MUSEUM

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Dr Jeremy Pritchard

Human Evolution: an overview. Dr Jeremy Pritchard. Hominoid: Great apes and humans Hominid: Closer to us than gorillas and chimps. You Cuz. Humans did not evolve from Apes You are descended from your mother and father

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Dr Jeremy Pritchard

Human Evolution: an overview. Dr Jeremy Pritchard. Hominoid: Great apes and humans Hominid: Closer to us than gorillas and chimps. You Cuz. Humans did not evolve from Apes You are descended from your mother and father

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Origins of Humanity

Origins of Humanity. Earliest Beginning Characteristics of Ancestors Early Behavior. Earliest Beginnings. Ca. 25-5 million years ago (mya) Miocene primates Ca. 6-2 mya Hominids, early culture. Miocene Primate Evolution. The Miocene epoch (25-5 mya) - "The Golden Age of Apes"

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Early Man

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Antiquity of Humanity

Antiquity of Humanity. Basal Hominids Australopithecines and Paranthropus Early Homo Later Homo. Theories of Human Origins. Cosmologies Religious explanations for our origins, ie. Genesis Mayan Origin Myths Scientific explanations Using Scientific Method to explain origins Evolution

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The Evolution Of Humankind

The Evolution Of Humankind. Classifications of Humans. Kingdom: animal Phylum: chordate (animals with backbones) Class: mammal (with hair, female makes milk) Order: primate (apes and monkeys) Family: mankind, (with extinct Neanderthals, etc.) Genus: Homo Species: sapiens. Hominids.

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Evolution of Hominins

Evolution of Hominins. The Early Hominins: Bipedal Primates Tribe Hominini: the bipedal primates (the hominins) Genus Australopithecus : small-brained, gracile (slender) hominins with a mixed vegetable/fruit diet

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Australopithecus

Australopithecus. By Jade Brown. Australopithecus remains were first found in1928 by Professor Raymond Dart. The remains were found in a limestone quarry in Tuang,South Africa. Professor Dart discovered the skull of a child. Professor Dart called the find Australopithecus Africanus.

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Australopithecus anamensis

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Australopithecus Africanus

Australopithecus Africanus. By: Amanda Gross March 28,2009. Slide 1. Australopithecus Africanus means Southern ape in Africa. Australopithecus Africanus were ape like creatures who lived between 2-3 million years ago in Pliocene.

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