Origins"Describes the search for the earliest human ancestors, from ancient apes to the australopiths"--Provided by publisher. |
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afarensis anamensis ancient animals apes and humans Ardipithecus australo Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus australopiths belong bipedalism bipeds bone brain called caves chim chimpanzees creatures Dart's dating descended Dikika discovery Donald Johanson early East Africa Ethiopia evolutionary evolved excavating experts Extinct Humans feet femurs footprints foramen fossil finds fossil record garhi genetic genomes genus Australopithecus Gigantopithecus gorillas Hadar hominin Homo human ancestors human evolution human family tree human origins humanlike features humans and chimpanzees humans and chimps Huxley immunological distance Kenyanthropus known Laetoli layer lived Lucy Mary Leakey million years ago missing link modern humans monkeys orangutans organisms Origin of Species Orrorin Owen paleoanthropologists paleontologist panzees Paranthropus plants Plesianthropus primates Raymond Dart researchers Robert Broom rock Sahelanthropus savanna Sawyer and Deak scientific scientists sediment skull South Africa Sterkfontein Taung child teeth thighbone trackway tralopith volcanic walked upright