Chapter 12, Problem 1ER

Summary Introduction

To discuss: The anatomical features which physical anthropologists considers to be modern when explaining humans as species and recognize the modern features with morphological attributes present in earlier generations of genus homo.

Introduction:

The earliest discoveries of the hominine fossils are found in G country in 1856. The physical anthropologists have discovered great information regarding evolutionary past events. The fossil discoveries such as the usage of current technology in genetic research helped to simplify the relationship among modern humans and their evolutionary cousins. These results have helped to evaluate the most likely scenario for origin and concurrent global dispersal of own species.

Explanation of Solution

The modern humans have multiple of similar anatomical attributes which differentiate the H.S from pre modern humans. They contain small face, jaws, teeth, a vertical high forehead and narrow nasal aperture and long legs. According to the physical anthropologists modern humans is to provide the baseline from which its assess the origin, evolution and geographic distribution of modern H.S. they define modern on the basis of series of distinctive anatomical features that contrast with archaic characteristics found in earlier hominines.

The instant ancestors of the modern people archaic differ from modern H.S where they have lengthier and lower skull with greater brow ridge and bigger projecting face and wide nasal aperture.