australopithecus garhi, 2.5 m.y.a., ethiopia turnbaugh, jurmain, kilgore, and nelson, 8th ed., p....

Australopithecus garhi, 2.5 m.y.a., Ethiopia

Turnbaugh, Jurmain, Kilgore, and Nelson, 8th ed., p. 235

Introduction to

Early

Hominids

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 103

Began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01 (Villafranchian) 1.6

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Miocene 23

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 103

note climactic change

including the “Ice Age”

The Pleistocene is

frequently referred

to as

the “Ice Age”

John E. Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man, 4th ed. (NY: Harper and Row, 1985), p. 101.

Miocene Pleistocene

Plocene

Campbell – Loy, Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 327

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/040927-16.html

Holocene

Pleistocene

Australopithecines

Homo

habilis

Australopithecines . . .

– including Paranthropus . . .

(aka Australopithecus robustus)

are also known as“Plio - Pleistocene hominids”

Began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01 (Villafranchian) 1.6

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Miocene 23

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Australopithecus

Homo

habilis

Homo erectus

Homo sapiens

Australopithecus

Homo

habilis

Homo erectus

Homo sapiens

“Moderns”

Australopithecus

Homo

habilis

Homo erectus

Homo sapiens

Neandertals

“Moderns”

Australopithecus

Homo

habilis

Homo erectus

Homo sapiens

Pleistocene

Wűrm glacialRiss glacial

Mindel glacial

Gűnz glacial

Wisconsin glacialIllinoian glacial

Kansan glacial

Nebraskan glacial

North American Terms

Weischel glacialSaale glacial

Elster glacial

Began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01 (Villafranchian) 1.6

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Miocene 23

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Early HominidsEarly Hominids

•Orrorin•Ardipithecus•Australopithecus

•Paranthropus

• tugenensis• ramidus•anamensis•afarensis•africanus•garhi•aethiopicus•boisei• robustus

Genus Species

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0008EB7D-BC26-1138-BC2683414B7F0000

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Began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01 (Villafranchian) 1.6

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Miocene 23

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed ., p. 103

Plio-Pleistocene hominid = Australopithecus

Orrorin

Began (m.y.a.)

Holocene 0.01 (Villafranchian) 1.6

Pleistocene 1.8

Pliocene 5

Miocene 23

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 103

Mio-Plio-Pleistocene hominid