Australopithecus anamensis
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Australopithecus anamensis is an extinct species of hominin that lived between 4.2 and 3.9 million years ago. Fossils attributed to this species have been found in northern Kenya, near Lake Turkana.12
A. anamensis possessed a mix of human and ape-like traits. While they were bipedal, indicated by features in their tibia (shinbone), they had small canine teeth, similar to later hominins, but also apelike canine and premolar teeth. Their teeth had thick enamel, a characteristic shared with all later hominins. The snout of A. anamensis was prognathic, meaning it projected forward.132
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AustralopithecusEarly species and Australopithecus anamensisIdentifying the earliest member of the human tribe (Hominini) is difficult because the predecessors of modern humans become increasingly apelike as the fossil record is followed back through time. They resemble what would be expected in the common ancestor of humans and apes…
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…of the genus Australopithecus is Au. anamensis, which was discovered in northern Kenya near Lake Turkana at Kanapoi and Allia Bay. The species was first described in 1995 after an analysis of isolated teeth, upper and lower jaws, fragments of a cranium, and a tibia unearthed at the discovery sites.…
Read More…of the genus Australopithecus is Au. anamensis, which was discovered in northern Kenya near Lake Turkana at Kanapoi and Allia Bay. The species was first described in 1995 after an analysis of isolated teeth, upper and lower jaws, fragments of a cranium, and a tibia unearthed at the discovery sites.…
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human evolutionThe fossil evidence…addition, the leg bone of Au. anamensis from northern Kenya (4.2–3.9 mya) attests to its bipedalism.
Read More…addition, the leg bone of Au. anamensis from northern Kenya (4.2–3.9 mya) attests to its bipedalism.
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In northern Kenya Au. anamensis lived in dry open woodland or bushland with a gallery forest along a nearby river. In central Chad the northernmost and westernmost species, Au. bahrelghazali, appears to have lived in a mosaic of open and wooded biomes near a river. Mammalian fossils from…
Read MoreIn northern Kenya Au. anamensis lived in dry open woodland or bushland with a gallery forest along a nearby river. In central Chad the northernmost and westernmost species, Au. bahrelghazali, appears to have lived in a mosaic of open and wooded biomes near a river. Mammalian fossils from…
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