Week 12 – Adaptations of our earliest ancestors
Please use the following guidelines for your posts in this discussion – notice the incremental due dates over the week:
Post #1 –
Using the materials in the module this week, pick a trait/behavior other than bipedalism (NOT BIPEDALISM) that changes in early hominins. Discuss how and why this trait/behavior changed – if its not certain, what are the hypotheses (suggest your own if like). What do you think are some of the ways this trait/behavior helped early hominins become successful? What echos of this trait/behavior do you see in humans today?
POST #2 –
Reply to a classmate in 4 – 5 sentences. Make a new connection between a classmate’s post and your own, the module, the book, or the optional film.
Aim to make your response something more substantive than “That’s interesting!” — make connections between the post and material in this or another class or ask a provoking question!
Skull Images and 3-D Rotations to compare Skulls
In the Early Hominin Skull Measuring Assignment and the Comparing Early Hominin Skulls Assignment this week, you will want to look at the four species from a variety of viewpoints. Please use the following tools to make your descriptive comparisons. Anything that needs to be measured will be a static picture with a yellow ruler in the assignment, or I will tell you the actual measurements for you to calculate indexes and compare across species.
Chimpanzee
eSkeletons – Chimpanzee CraniumLinks to an external site.– shows the frontal, posterior, inferior, and lateral views of the chimpanzee skull
If you click the arrows in the lower right corner of this image, a 3-D rotatable image of a male chimpanzee skull will open. When you want to return to this screen, press the <esc> button on your computer.
Chimpanzee skull Links to an external site. by NHM_Imaging Links to an external site. on SketchfabLinks to an external site.
Modern Humans (Homo sapiens)
eSkeletons – Human CraniumLinks to an external site. – all the useful views of the human skull
If you click the arrows in the lower right corner of this image, a 3-D rotatable image of a male chimpanzee skull will open. When you want to return to this screen, press the <esc> button on your computer.
The Anatomy of the Human Skull Links to an external site. by HannahNewey Links to an external site. on SketchfabLinks to an external site.
Australopithecus afarensis
If you click the arrows in the lower right corner of this image, a 3-D rotatable image of A. afarensis will open. When you want to return to this screen, press the <esc> button on your computer.
Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy) Links to an external site. by Maritime Archaeology Links to an external site. on SketchfabLinks to an external site.
Paranthropus boisei
eFossils – Paranthropus boisei skullLinks to an external site. – all the useful angles
If you click the arrows in the lower right corner of this image, a 3-D rotatable image of A. afarensis will open. When you want to return to this screen, press the <esc> button on your computer.
Australopithecus boisei Links to an external site. by www.Helicoidale.com Links to an external site. on SketchfabLinks to an external site.
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