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Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Earliest hominins, close to commk. Amcestor of human and chimps foramen magnum im between that of human and ape
Ardipithecus ramidus
End of male on male agression pelvis used for both walking upright And climing trees aposable big thumb
Australopithecus anamesis
Fully erect bipedal human like bone and leg structure
A. Aferensis
Lucy, laetoli footprints mix of humAn and ape female pelvic structure
Homo
Tools increased brain capacity domestion of animals longe lifenspan no sagitL crest bigger brains
H habilis
1st to leave africa oldawan tools omnivore reduction of jaws and molars
H erectus
Inveted fire resmbles modern human grew up quickly smaller teeth and jaw
H. Heilderbergensis
Big brain first to hunt large animals probable an ancestor od neNderthals and modern human
H neadnertalis
Short stolcky body adapted to cold large nose large cranial capacity thick skull mousterian tools art musicalnistruments cermonial burial
H sapiens
Modern humans
Hominids
Bipedal
Hominoids
Apes gibbons chimps gorillas and hominids (bipedal)
Anthrapoids
Hominoids and monkeys
Old world
Baboons short stuby tail
New world
Long swinign tail modern loomin monkey
Prosimians
Lemurs
Primates
Anrhepoids and prosimians
Ornithischians
Bird hip closed structure
Saurischians
Lizard hip gave rise to modern birds open structure
Thyreophora
Back plates, stegasar and anklyasar
Marginocephalia
Head gear, ceratopsians and pachycephalosaurs
Ornithopoda
Iguanadons and hadrosaurs
Sauropods
Open neck structure, diplidocods macronarids
Theropods
Three toed bipedal carnivores
Stegasaurs
Tiny head bony back plates for heat regulation spiked tail
Anklyosaurs
Tin boney back plates for armor
Ceratopsian
Parrot beak heae gear for heat reg and sex artract
Pachycephalosaurs
Butt head not for armor for sex
Iguanadons
Spike in thumb fighting thumbs and strait tails
Hadrosaurs
Duck billed (full set of teeth) crested (tubes mame noise)
Diplidocods
Neck and tail samenlengtj fed towards rgound teeth only in front
Macronarids
Teeth all around neck longer than tail fed upward
Ceratosaurs
Five fingers most primitive grasping hand
Carnosaur
Hole in head near nose three fingers
Ornthominids
Toothkess beak small
Maniraptora
Gave rise to modern bird extndingclaw
Archaeopteryx
Earliest bird long boney tail mi of therapod and bird claws on wings jaw full of little teeth modifiex saurischian hip brought together
Thecodont
Socket toothed reptiles ancestor to crocs dinos and teratasaurs diapsid skull no hole in hip
Tektites
Tiny Balls of quartz silicia
Chicxulub crater
Mexico possibly killed off dinos start if k t extinction
Sivapithecids
Apes from europe migrated to asia became modern orangutanz
Dryopithecids
Apes from europe came to africa became modern apes
Eosimias
First monkey found tiny
Cro magnum
Early cave man
East African rift valley
Homo sapiens evolved here lucy originiated here
Laetoli footprints
Left from a aferensis aka lucy footprints left in the ash signifying that she walked upright
Basilosaurus
Modern cetacean gave ruse to modern whales
Gubbio Italy
All hose things found first evidence of kt extinction
Synapsids
All hhumans are synapsid
Ambulocetus
Looked like a croc lived on land and in water ancestor to whales transition from land to water
Artiodactyla
Hooved animalz hippos camels
Austrolopithecines
Smaller brain large teeth larger jaw sagital crest tin brain 3.5 mya
Importance of upright stance
Faster thermal tools more efficiante
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