When I first studied hominin evolution, they had found "Lucy", an Australopithecus afarensis, and everyone thought her species was an early ancestor of Homo sapien. The picture is much more complicated, with lots of hominins living in close proximity for millions of years...much different than our now singular species.Look at the phylogenetic tree and use it as a guide to briefly describe hominin lines in Africa up to Homo. Do not discuss Homo.Just discuss a sense that you generally can grasp what was going on in Africa with our Genus for 6 or 7 million years! ▶ Figure 8-37Atentative early hominin phylogeny.Note the numerous question marks,indicating continuing uncertaintyregarding evolutionary relationships.0 mya1 mya2 mya3 mya4 mya5 mya6 mya7 mya8 myaH. erectusHomo habilis???A. sedibaOrrorinA. africanusA. afarensisParanthropusAustralopithecusanamensisSahelanthropusArdipithecusCengage Leamingstudents of human evolution, it's most important to grasp the basic principles ofpaleoanthropology and how interpretations are made and why they sometimes mustbe revised. This way you'll be prepared for whatever shows up tomorrow.

Hominin evolution defines the natural and conduct changes that happened in the transformative…

When I first studied hominin evolution, they had found "Lucy", an Australopithecus afarensis, and everyone thought her species was an early ancestor of Homo sapien. The picture is much more complicated, with lots of hominins living in close proximity for millions of years...much different than our now singular species. Look at the phylogenetic tree and use it as a guide to briefly describe hominin lines in Africa up to Homo. Do not discuss Homo.Just discuss a sense that you generally can grasp what was going on in Africa with our Genus for 6 or 7 million years!

When I first studied hominin evolution, they had found "Lucy", an Australopithecus afarensis, and everyone thought her species was an early ancestor of Homo sapien. The picture is much more complicated, with lots of hominins living in close proximity for millions of years...much different than our now singular species. Look at the phylogenetic tree and use it as a guide to briefly describe hominin lines in Africa up to Homo. Do not discuss Homo.Just discuss a sense that you generally can grasp what was going on in Africa with our Genus for 6 or 7 million years!

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter12: Processes Of Evolution

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