australopithecus garhi, 2.5 m.y.a., ethiopia turnbaugh, jurmain, kilgore, and nelson, 8th ed., p....
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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
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 103
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
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 103
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