Prehistoric Cultures Class Slides Set

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Prehistoric CulturesClass Slides Set 01BTim
Roufs section

• Kinds of Major Finds
• and
• Announcements
• of the
• Past Quarter Century
• Australopithecines
• and
• other early hominids

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• Australopithecus

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http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10819471/
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5363328.
stm
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5363328.
stm
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http//news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/06
0920-lucys-baby.html
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3.5 mya Australopithecus suggesting our
ancestors were less chimp-like than we thought
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31 January 2003
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http//www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/p
ctimes.html
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WT 17000The Black Skull2.5
mya Australopithecus aethiopicus (aka
Australopithecus boisei)
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KNM-WT 17000

• Kenya National Museum
• West Lake Turkana, Kenya
• Find 17,000

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Fossil Naming Conventions
K
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http//www.archaeologyinfo.com/australopithecusaet
hiopicus.htm
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KNM-WT 17000
Source Braindance
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• Other early hominids

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http//www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/p
ctimes.html
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4900946.
stm
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http//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f/c/
a/2006/04/13/MNGMII8GLK1.DTLo1
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http//www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?idns999
96353
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Orrorin tugenensis Femur
http//www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-09/ps-
chw090204.php
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4021811.stm
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http//www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthtribune/ne
ws/nation/10212249.htm
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July 23, 2001 Ardipithecus ramidus kadabba
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Toumai
http//www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?typescie
nceNewsstoryID8104820
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http//www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?typescie
nceNewsstoryID8104820
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Toumai
http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4416757.stm
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis
KNM-WT 17000