Canines large and pointed Long arms No cranial ridge Rigid feet Australopithecus 3 2 Taung, Raymond Brian size: about 428 – africanus (Taung mya Sterkfontein Dart 625 cm3 – Child) (1925) Position of foramen magnum forward Prognathous Brow ridges Teeth large, canines short Long arms No cranial ridge Rigid feet Australopithecus 1,9 Malapa Cave Lee Burger Brian size: about 420 – sediba 1,8 part of the (2008 - cm3 – mya Cradle of 2012) Position of foramen Humankind magnum forward Less prognathous Brow ridges Teeth large, canines short Long arms No cranial ridge Rigid feet Large brain, increased frontal part of brain (at Homo Species least 600 cm3) High fore head Smaller less specialised teeth Flatter face Arms shorter Legs longer Homo habilis 2,2 1,6 Olduvai Gorge Louis and Brain size: 650 cm3 – (Handy man first mya in Tanzania Mary – Less prognathous tool maker) Leakey Smaller eye sockets (1963) Brow ridges Large teeth, canines not long Long arms associated with tree dwellers No cranial ridge Foot had an arch
Canines large and pointed Long arms No cranial ridge Rigid feet Australopithecus africanus (Taung Child) 3 – 2 mya Taung, Sterkfontein Raymond Dart (1925) Brian size: about 428 – 625 cm3 Position of foramen magnum forward Prognathous Brow ridges Teeth large, canines short Long arms No cranial ridge Rigid feet Australopithecus sediba 1,9 – 1,8 mya Malapa Cave – part of the Cradle of Humankind Lee Burger (2008 - 2012) Brian size: about 420 cm3 Position of foramen magnum forward Less prognathous Brow ridges Teeth large, canines short Long arms No cranial ridge Rigid feet Homo Species Large brain, increased frontal part of brain (at least 600 cm3) High fore head Smaller less specialised teeth Flatter face Arms shorter Legs longer Homo habilis (Handy man – first tool maker) 2,2 – 1,6 mya Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania Louis and Mary Leakey (1963) Brain size: 650 cm3 Less prognathous Smaller eye sockets Brow ridges Large teeth, canines not long Long arms associated with tree dwellers No cranial ridge Foot had an arch
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