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Hominids(chart)
advanced primates
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![]() Homo sapiens -- a bipedal hominid |
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| Hominids (Hominidae)
| Primates -- Contemporary | Primates -- Prehistoric | |
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| Family |
Genus |
Species |
Variety |
Example |
Alternative Name |
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Orrorin
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tugenensis |
"Millenium Man"
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Aramis |
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"Lucy" |
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Taung |
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"Black Skull" |
Paranthropus
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"Zinj" |
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Swartkrans |
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ER-1470 |
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Homo habilis |
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| erectus |
"Java Man"
"Peking Man" |
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| sapiens | sapiens | ||||
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Adapted from Intoduction
to Physical Anthropology, 8th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and
Trevathan
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290). |
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