What are some of the major anatomical differences between the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus? What evolutionary consequences might these differences have had for the two genera?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary.
You might also like to view...
The Stillwater Marsh burial population had a remarkably low percentage of dental caries because
a. grit from plant food ground on metates was incorporated into their diet; this grit acted as a natural abrasive and helped to clean their teeth. b. they ate very little meat, largely subsisting on maize agriculture. c. they were strictly hunter-gatherers, and so their diet was very low in simple carbohydrates and starches. d. none of the above; the Stillwater Marsh burial population had an extremely high percentage of dental caries because their diet was high in carbohydrates. e. the flossed their teeth with blades of dried grass.
What is a primary labor activity of Bakhtiari women and girls?
a. Spinning wool into yarn b. Herding sheep through difficult mountain passes c. Tilling soil to raise yams and sweet potatoes d. Gathering roots and berries e. Hunting elephants
The use of four interrelated disciplines to study humanity: Physical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology [this class]), archaeology, and linguistic anthropology
What will be an ideal response?
The most immediately obvious feature distinguishing ________ from the australopiths is cranial size
a. A. afarensis b. Aegyptopithecus c. Homo Habilis d. A. aftricanus e. Ardipithecus