Australopithecus africanus

Australopithecus africanus is a species of human like and ape like animal. The Australopithecus africanus lived primarily in Southern Africa. A man by the name of Raymond dart set out to find one and he did. “It was half ape and half human, and the skull of a child in Johannesburg, South Africa” says Brain. Dart chipped and chipped away at the rock containing the skull until eventually he was able to make out the child’s face. The child had a full set of milk teeth and also its permanent molars

ancestor to Sivapithecus indicus, Australopithecus afarensis, and Australopithecus Africanus. The reasoning for this was from the approximated age of Proconsul heseloni of 23 million years ago. This places Sivapithecus indicus roughly 15 million years after, suggesting that Sivapithecus indicus directly evolved from Proconsul heseloni. From Proconsul heseloni, it was decided that three species evolved from it. These species included A. A. afarensis, A. africanus and Sivapithecus indicus. Sivapithecus

Australopithecus Africanus STS 5, also known as Mrs. Ples, is one of the most popular fossil discoveries to date. It is also believed that the discovery of this fossil is one of the most important discoveries in all of anthropology. This fossil was discovered in April of 1947 by paleontologists Robert Broom and John T. Robinson while excavating in South Africa. The discovery of STS 5 or Mrs. Ples was and still is a very large discovery. Mrs. Ples had been discovered in the now famous cave Sterkfontein

Dating back to the 2.3-2.7 mya according to the lecture notes, the Paranthropus aethiopicus species was one of the earliest known robust forms of the Australopithecus genus. The Paranthropus aethiopicus species was first founded in Omo, Ethiopia by Camille Arambourg and Yves Coppens, and because of its black color, it was nicknamed the “Black Skull”. With this emerged the fossil find KMN-WT-17000 who, according to Erin Wayman from Smithsonianmag.com, was founded by paleoanthropologists known as Alan

The overall stature of Australopithecines compared to of that of Paranthropus, is smaller. Based on the estimates of Johanson and Edgar, 2006; Jungers, 1988, I created a table (Figure 1) illustrating the size of both genera. The average weight of a male in the genus Australopithecines is 43 kg and for Paranthropus is 44.5 kg. The average weight of a female in the genus Australopithecines is 29.5 kg and for Paranthropus is 33 kg. The average male height for Australopithecines is 1.45 m and for Paranthropus

Just to make it fair for all readers , the Australopithecus is the genus of Pliocene and Pleistocene hominids. A major characteristic of a hominid is bipedal locomotion or walking upright on two legs. Several types of Australopithecines have been found but all lived Africa mostly east Africa about four million years ago. The Australopithecus is the first definite hominid but they all slightly differ in their features. All species of the Australopithecus can be split into either a gracile or robust

observed in the Anthropology Department belongs to Australopithecus robustus. Australopithecus robustus was first named by the eminent Dr. Robert Broom. The A. robustus leftovers generally come from three different sites: Swartkrans (largest), Dreimulen, and Kromdraai. One of the major problems with these South African sites is dating, but generally, robustus remains can be safely placed from 2.0-1.0 myr, and possibly even earlier. Australopithecus robustus has many features that are specifically distinct

the maxillary angle for prognathism, and the height, length, and width of the skull to find the cranial capacity. The ardipithecus ramidus has an opisthion index of 32, the australopithecus aethiopicus is 27.3 cm, the australopithecus afarensis is 22.2222 cm, the australopithecus africanus is 27.58 cm, the australopithecus boisei is 28.12 cm, the homo erectus is 34.5 cm, the homo habilis is 30.8 cm, the homo heidelbergensis is 26.7 cm, the homo neanderthalensis is 43.75 cm, the homo sapiens are

capacity looks small compared to the size of the head Australopithecus Afarensis: Even longer face, cranial capacity looks even more disproportionate with face, cheekbones are very distinctive Sahelanthropus Tchadensis: Indentation above eyes is distinctive, no forehead Australopithecus Aethiopicus: Doesn’t look human, vertical line of bone very distinctive, Homo Habilis: Very human-like, cranial capacity gives off illusion of expanding Australopithecus Boisei: Similar to the A. Aethiopicus in terms of

Lucy, which gave rise to the species of Australopithecus afarensis, and Turkana boy, which is the most complete Homo erectus skeleton. Anthropology has worked to answer questions about human evolution and our early ancestors. The Taung child, Lucy, and the Turkana boy have all provided anthropologists with scientific proofs and evidence that will help to further understand our ancestry. Discovered in 1924 the Taung child gave rise the genus Australopithecus . A mining company (Northern Lime) was