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         Hominids Paleontology:     more books (48)
  1. Evolution of Environments and Hominidae in the African Western Rift Valley (Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir, No. 1)
  2. How to Deep Freeze a Mammoth by Björn Kurtén, 1986-04-15
  3. Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution: An Introduction to the Study of Paleoanthropology by Wilfrid Edward Le Gros, Sir Clark, 1979-04
  4. The First Human by Ann Gibbons, 2007-04-10
  5. Prehistoric World: The Simon & Schuster Illustrated Encyclopedia (The Simon and Schuster Illustrated Encyclopedia) by Michael Benton, 1991-08-04
  6. The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory by Kenneth L. Feder, 1995-12
  7. God-Apes and Fossil Men. Paleoanthropology in South Asia : An article from: Asian Perspectives by Lynne A Schepartz, 2001-12-31
  8. The mandibles and dentition of gigantopithecus (Palaeontologia sinica) by Ju-Kang Woo, 1962
  9. Understanding Human Evolution (4th Edition) by Frank E. Poirier, Jeffrey K. McKee, 1998-12-16
  10. The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors by Ann Gibbons, 2007-04-10
  11. Preliminary geomorphological studies of the Lime Creek area: New evidence of early man in southwestern Nebraska / by C. Bertrand Schultz and W.D. Frankforter ... of the University of Nebraska State Museum) by C. Bertrand Schultz, 1948
  12. The Koobi Fora Research Project: Volume II: The Fossil Ungulates Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae (Koobi Fora Research Project) by J. M. Harris, 1983-12-01
  13. Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of the Human Fossils by Marvin L. Lubenow, 1992-12
  14. The Human Fossil Record, Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus I Homo/I(Europe) (The Human Fossil Record) by Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Ian Tattersall, 2002-01-04

21. WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology: Specialized Fields: Paleontology
Explore human evolution from our ape ancestors, studying hominids like the University of Texas Vertebrate paleontology Radiocarbon Laboratory 0.00
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22. Athena Review Recent Finds In Archaeology Paleoanthropology And
Athena Review Paleoanthropology paleontology A. anamensis from Lake Turkanalinks first hominids (AR 2,1). A. anamensis update (AR 3,2)
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23. Boggy's Links To Fossil Hominids
Fossil hominids. 5th IASHP Human paleontology Congress Barcelona, 29 June - 5July, 2003; Arkansas University - Anthropology Department Atapuerca,
http://www.geologylinks.com/verhomo.html
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Understanding Human Evolution

Intended for the one term course in human evolution, paleoanthropology, or fossil hominids taught at the junior/senior level in departments of anthropology or biology. This new edition provides a comprehensive overview to the field of paleontology - the study of human evolution by analyzing fossil remains. It includes the latest fossil finds, and it presents current controversies in an even-handed manner. With new discoveries every year, isnt it important to use the most current and scholarly book available?

24. BioEd Online Slides: Paleontology, Homo Floresiensis, Evolution
search paleontology results 4 Some of the important characteristics usedto differentiate among hominids are brain size (earlier hominids had brains
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25. BioEd Online Slides: Paleontology, Homo Floresiensis, Evolution: Biology Lesson
Homo floresiensis archaeology paleontology Flores evolution used todifferentiate among hominids are brain size (earlier hominids had brains
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26. Hominids
The hominids. Our story has now gotten to about 5 million years before I shall commit an outrage against paleontology by giving short shrift to all
http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/History of Thinking/BeforeCivilization/Hominid
The Hominids
Our story has now gotten to about 5 million years before yesterday afternoon. I shall commit an outrage against paleontology by giving short shrift to all sorts of lovely complications and baldly stating that one group of simians started, for one reason or another, to walk on two feet instead of four. We refer to these new, bipedal simians as hominids. I will, however, address one nasty complication. The simians were never truly quadripedal in the first place. After all, they were descended from primates who lived in trees and used all four limbs for grabbing as well as locomotion. Simian hands aren't equipped with hard hooves or big pads for heavy-duty contact with the ground. So the simians were, in point of fact, neither quadripedal nor bipedal they were sort of "unpedal". Or perhaps we could say that they were simultaneously quadripedal and quadrimanual. The hominids didn't so much give up using their hands for walking as they specialized their feet to do a better job of walking. So it's best to think of the hominids as simians with greater mobility. Many people have made a big deal about how the shift to bipedalism freed the hands to do all sorts of intellectually stimulating things, such as making tools, but our simian relatives use their hands quite adeptly. It's true that bipedalism gave the hands even greater freedom, but the basic capability to use hands to manipulate objects was already in place with the simians. What really changed the hominid condition was the new combination of using hands while walking: carrying things. Chimps and apes can pick things up, and they can run pretty fast, but when they try to do both at once, they're pretty clumsy. Hominids could carry fairly large items like babies, for example around with them. Perhaps bipedalism was a response to premature birthing it's difficult to disentangle causes from effects in these matters.

27. Biographies: Robert Broom
He also practised paleontology, becoming the world s leading expert on the most scientists finally accepted that the australopithecines were hominids.
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Biographies : Robert Broom
Robert Broom was born in Scotland in 1866 to a poor family. Educated as a doctor specializing in midwifery, he used that profession to support himself while travelling the world. Fascinated by the origin of the mammals, he travelled to Australia in 1892. Five years later, he went to South Africa, where he would stay for the rest of his life. In 1910 Broom's insistence on the theory of evolution cost him his position at the University of Stellenbosch, an extremely conservative religious institution, and he started practicing medicine in the remote Karroo region of South Africa. He also practised paleontology, becoming the world's leading expert on the mammal-like reptiles which were found in abundance in the region. His paleontological work was so highly regarded that in 1920 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1934, aged 68, he gave up his medical practice to take a position at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria. In 1936 he decided to search for more of Dart's australopithecines, and in the same year found a fragmentary skull of an adult at Sterkfontein (which he initially placed in a new genus, Plesianthropus ). In 1938, he found the first robust australopithecine skull at Kromdraai after a schoolboy discovered some teeth at the site. Further finds followed, but it was not until Broom published a major monograph on the australopithecines in 1946 and the influential British scientist W. E. Le Gros Clark examined the fossils in 1947 that most scientists finally accepted that the australopithecines were hominids. Other major finds included

28. The Talk.Origins Archive Outline
Also See Biology and the Living World, Fossils and paleontology, Human Evolutionand Fossil hominids. Creationism, Antievolutionism, and Anti-Darwinism
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29. The Evidence - Hominid Fossils
Rather, the single development which set hominids apart from our apelike Through archaeology, paleontology, taphonomy, and modern dating methods,
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects97/weimanp/fossils.
The Evidence Hominid Fossils T he scientific community now generally agrees that between 5 and 8 million years ago there lived in Africa a hominoid which would ultimately give rise to the first hominids and later the members of the genus Homo . This period of time was during the end of the Miocence epoch, during which a drying period enveloped equatorial Africa. As a result of this drying, the Miocene forest began to shrink, forcing the apes living in the Miocene forest to begin to make the transition to a terrestrial way of live. Many of the genera of apes at the time likely became extinct during the transition, and those that made the transition to terrestrial life survived. The early apes that began to live on the emerging African savannah likely retained their aboreal abilities, being active on the savannah during the day to return to the trees at night. From at least one of these early terrestrial apes would evolve humankind as it is today. Ardipithecus ramidus F ossil evidence now indicates that the major event in the evolution of hominids from that point was not the immediate development of intelligence, which was thought in the Piltdown man hoax days. Rather, the single development which set hominids apart from our ape-like ancestors was the development of bipedality: an upright, two-legged walking style. This is shown simply by looking at the fossil record. The oldest known hominid, Ardipithecus ramidus , is dated at 4.4 million years and is a recent discovery, announced in September 1994. Although most remains so far are skull fragments (a skeleton which is 45% complete has been found but not been published on yet), indirect evidence suggests that it was possibly bipedal, but still having aboreal-dwelling characteristics.

30. Extinct Insects, Entomology, Fossiles, Paleontology, PHOTOVAULT® Image
Title grasshopper. Subject Orthoptera}, Entemology, Invertebrate, AnimalAnimals, paleontology, hominids Entomology, Insects. Image by Wernher Krutein
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32. Evolution -- Transitional Hominids
On this page I include information about paleontology and physical FossilHominids from Talk.Origins archive, simply one of the best websites on the
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Hominid Time Line
A colorful family tree, fossils, tools, use of fire, genetics and natural selection. Hominid Time Chart : To 60 mybp. Primate Speciation Rise of Hominids, timeline and group descriptions. Hominid Species : from talkorigins.org TIME.com - Human Evolution Timeline Hominid Clade Tree showing an example of uncertainty of arrangement. Information on the Internet about human evolution is immense. Unfortunately, it is scattered among many sources, some of the best of which science journals require costly subscriptions to read. It is regrettable also that most of the photographic evidence that is web-available is limited to skulls. Other comparative skeletal material such as the progression of pelvises, knees, hands and feet are equally interesting but are not web-available. Rather than attempt to write a textbook on the subject, I have collected from numerous web sources significant information on a number of aspects of human evolution. The box at right, for instance, has links taking you to a variety of timeline graphics. Please visit these and try to note some of the differences in the presentations. Although some species of fossil hominids are today represented by up to 500 specimens, for many there are but a few not enough, and not complete enough in some cases, to be certain as to the position within our family tree. So there is debate within paleoanthropology about the matter healthy debate that requires more evidence before consensus is reached on all points. Also, some of the timelines do not show the latest fossil discoveries and, in a few cases, two species shown in one timeline are "lumped" together in others. See also the timeline discussion below.

33. Nearctica - Paleontology - Vertebrates - Mammals
Fossil hominids. The Talk.Origins Archive. Jim Foley. A great site on fossilhominids. It includes an introduction to the evolution of man,
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GENERAL Pleistocene Animals of the Midwestern U.S . Illinois State Museum. An excellent site on the Pleistocene mammals of the midwestern United States with a general introduction to the age and its animals and separate sections on mastodons, mammoths, dire wolfs, ground sloths, saber-toothed cats and some othe not so famous extinct animals of North America. Fossils of the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits . George C. Page Museum. The Page Museum is the museum located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. This wonderful site has extensive information about this famous Pleistocene locality along with information about the animals that became trapped in the pits, how the fossilization occurred, the museum, and much more. However the most fascinating part is on the various mammals that became caught in the asphalt including mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and more. Highly recommended. The La Brea Tar Pits . University of California at Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. An introduction to the La Brea Tar Pits, the fossil animals and plants that have been found there, and the history of the regions.

34. Paleontology -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article
paleontology (palaeontology is the British spelling) is the study of the fossil hominids ( (The scientific study of human fossils) paleoanthropology).
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Paleontology (palaeontology is the British spelling) is the study of the developing history of (The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)) life on earth, of ancient (A living organism lacking the power of locomotion) plant s and (A living organism characterized by voluntary movement) animal s based on the (Click link for more info and facts about fossil record) fossil record , evidence of their existence preserved in (Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust) rock s. This includes the study of body (The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil) fossil s, tracks, burrows, cast off parts, fossilized (Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels) feces (Click link for more info and facts about coprolite) coprolite s"), and chemical residues.
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35. Lesson Plans - Bipedalism—Did Hominids Ride Bikes?
describe the ways in which bipedalism is thought to have developed in hominidsand, in turn, University of California Museum of paleontology
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Bipedalism—Did Hominids Ride Bikes? A Pirate's Life Ancient Flood Stories Back in the Olden Days Dinosaur Bodies Finding Your Way: The Underground Railroad Mummies: Honoring the Dead Olympic Competition The Dig: Them Bones Complete Index Bipedalism—Did Hominids Ride Bikes? Overview: Bipedalism means walking upright on two legs. For most of your students that probably comes easy, but for the earliest hominids, that sure wasn't the case! In this lesson, students will be introduced to Zeresenay "Zeray" Alemseged, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer , who is a paleoanthropologist. Students will be introduced to the complexities of this career while focusing on what bipedalism is and why it is an important characteristic of human development. Connections to the Curriculum: Geography, social studies, science Connections to the National Geography Standards:
Standard 17: "How to apply geography to interpret the past" Time: One to two hours Materials Required: Objectives: Students will
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36. Journal Of Paleontology: Carnivora From The South Turkwel Hominid Site, Northern
The fauna associated with the South Turkwel hominids also includes a small but SYSTEMATIC paleontology Family FELIDAE Fischer, 1817 Genus MEGANTEREON
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Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. ABSTRACTA small collection of carnivoran fossils from the South Turkwel hominid site is described. The fauna is composed of Megantereon ekidoit new species, Homotherium sp., Crocuta cf. dietrichi, cf. Pachycrocuta sp., Canis new species A., cf. Civettictis sp., Viverridae or Herpestidae indet., and Lutrinae indet. The record of Megantereon and Canis, as well as Pachycrocuta and Civettictis, if these genera are identified correctly, represents the earliest occurrences of their respective taxa in Africa. These specimens suggest a relatively rapid reorganization of the carnivore guild some time around 3.5 Ma, followed by a longer period of transition to a fauna more comparable in composition to the modern one. INTRODUCTION WARD ET AL. (1999) recently described some new hominid remains from outcrops of the Nachukui Formation south of the Turkwel River in Turkana, northern Kenya. These remains include elements of the manus and pes, a mandibular fragment, and teeth found by Ward et al. (1999) to be most like the homologous elements of Australopithecus afarensis and A. africanus. The geological context and stratigraphy were discussed by Ward et al. (1999), who considered the sediments in which the fossil fauna was found to be between 3.58 and -3.2 Ma in age. The maximum age is based on the age of the Lokochot Tuff, which crops out in the area, and the minimum age is based on estimated sedimentation rates. Biostratigraphic analysis of the associated artiodactyls is consistent with these dates (Ward et al., 1999).

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He gave hominids cause To start wagging their jaws Till they changed theironcefossilized On the paleontology side They are artiodactyls that died.
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38. Integrating The Genotype And Phenotype In Hominid Paleontology -- Hlusko 101 (9)
paleontology relies on the fossil record to identify past organisms and Early hominids with thick enamel are often identified as direct human
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39. Paleontology And Scientific Archaeology
method to earlier hominids using other preserved proteins (eg osteocalcin) . of hominids and fauna, to track their movements and migration patterns.
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Home Max Planck Institute (MPI EVA) University of Leipzig (UL) Imprint An International Max Planck Research School Home Teaching Program Research groups ... Archaeological Sciences Overview Key references Archaeological Sciences Archaeological Science is a rapidly developing field which uses tools from the natural sciences to address archaeological and palaeoanthropological questions. At the Department of Human Evolution we have a dedicated archaeological science research group of four research scientists and three technicians, with world-class research laboratories and equipment. Our research is divided into two major areas. We undertake direct dating of sites and hominid fossils, and we also perform a range of biochemical analyses of hominid and faunal fossils. Further details of our two main research areas are given below. 1. Chronometric dating

40. H- Paleontology And Geology Glossary: H
If the dinosaur or paleontology term you are looking for is not in the dictionary hominids (family Hominidae) are the group that includes people and our
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A habitat is a space (which includes food, water and shelter) suitable for the survival and reproduction of an organism.
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The Hadean Eon lasted from 4.6 to 3.9 billion years ago. This "Rockless Eon" was the time when the Earth's continental and oceanic crusts were solidifying. The name Hadean was coined by the geologist Preston E. Cloud in the 1960s. HADROCODIUM Hadrocodium ( meaning "heavy or full head") was a tiny mammalian ancestor about the size of a paperclip. It is the earliest-known animal with such mammal-like features. This shrew-like quadruped had a long tail, a long snout, delicate teeth, three middle ear bones, a powerful jaw hinge, matching upper and lower teeth, a large brain case, and five-toed feet. Hadrocodium was an insectivore (insect-eater) that may have been nocturnal (most active at night). It lived about 195 million years ago. A skull (half an inch (12 millimeters) long) was found in the Lufeng Basin in Yunnan, China, in 1985 (it was only recently determined that it was a new species). The type species is Hadrocodium wui

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