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9: Early Hominins

  • Kristen A. Broehl

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Learning Objectives
  • Recognize skeletal traits associated with bipedal locomotion
  • Explain how modern analogs help anthropologists interpret behavior from fossil remains
  • Assess australopithecine locomotive behavior using skeletal morphology

Thumbnail: « Lucy » skeleton (AL 288-1) Australopithecus afarensis, cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. (Cc BY 2.5; 120 via Wikipedia)


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