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In the second unit of the course, we learned that primates can help us to learn more about the evolution of our anatomy and behavior. In this unit, you learned from the comparative anatomy lecture that by comparing our ape cousins (Chimpanzees) to ourselves (Modern humans) we can continue to examine the evolution of our anatomy and and behavior. Using what you have learned from the primate unit and the comparative anatomy lecture, as well as earlier lectures (primate social structures/reproduction and models for early early human behavior), answer the following questions: You come across a fossil. Paleo-environmental data suggest this fossil lived in mixed woodland-savanna habitat in East Africa. The legs are longer than the arms and (the legs) swing under the pelvis. It has a broad bowl-shaped pelvis. It has small incisors, small canines and wide molars with low rounded cusps. This fossil is female, but males of her species have much larger bodies and canine teeth than females. Based on what you have learned from the readings and the information above, answer the following questions: Please Tell Us: Taxonomy: Is this fossil an Ape or Hominin? Why do you think so? Please provide one piece of evidence from the description above and explain how this feature tells you these bones belong to either a hominin or ape. Locomotion: What is the likely form of locomotion of this fossil? Please provide one piece of evidence from the description above and explain how this feature tells you these this individual walked bipedally or quadrupedally. Social Organization: What is the likely social organization of this primate (Polyandry, Polygyny-single male or multi male, Noyau, Pair Bonded)? Please provide one piece of evidence from the description above (consider both physical and environmental characteristics) and explain how this evidence tells you these individual belong this particular social grouping. Please create a separate heading and paragraph for each analysil In the second unit of the course, we learned that primates can help us to learn more about the evolution of our anatomy and behavior. In this unit, you learned from the comparative anatomy lecture that by comparing our ape cousins (Chimpanzees) to ourselves (Modern humans) we can continue to examine the evolution of our anatomy and and behavior. Using what you have learned from the primate unit and the comparative anatomy lecture, as well as earlier lectures (primate social structures/reproduction and models for early early human behavior), answer the following questions: You come across a fossil. Paleo-environmental data suggest this fossil lived in mixed woodland-savanna habitat in East Africa. The legs are longer than the arms and (the legs) swing under the pelvis. It has a broad bowl-shaped pelvis. It has small incisors, small canines and wide molars with low rounded cusps. This fossil is female, but males of her species have much larger bodies and canine teeth than females. Based on what you have learned from the readings and the information above, answer the following questions: Please Tell Us: Taxonomy: Is this fossil an Ape or Hominin? Why do you think so? Please provide one piece of evidence from the description above and explain how this feature tells you these bones belong to either a hominin or ape. Locomotion: What is the likely form of locomotion of this fossil? Please provide one piece of evidence from the description above and explain how this feature tells you these this individual walked bipedally or quadrupedally. Social Organization: What is the likely social organization of this primate (Polyandry, Polygyny-single male or multi male, Noyau, Pair Bonded)? Please provide one piece of evidence from the description above (consider both physical and environmental characteristics) and explain how this evidence tells you these individual belong this particular social grouping. Please create a separate heading and paragraph for each analysis
