Who's Who Among the Early Hominids?

Susman, Randall. 

"Who's Who Among the Early Hominids?"

Odyssey Adventures in 

Science Oct. 2009: 

22-25. Print. 

The records of early Hominins also known as the Ape Men and our 

ancestors date back to 7m.y.a and supports evidence of our close 

relationship with, and evolution from, the African ape.   

The fossil record of early hominids evolution show Primitive and Advanced. 

Primitive focuses on ape-like evolutions while Advanced focus on 

Human-Like evolutions. The definition of Hominins are members of a 

group of primates that includes modern humans and all of our ancestors. 

Homininds only refer to the living primates such as us.

Some examples of early hominins  

Sabelanthropus
Orrorin
Ardipithecus
They are hominins because they are dead now, if they are living they
would be hominids.When we study fossils to classify what species they
are in we are classifying the taxonomic. Taxonomic is having to do with
the classifying of living things, so classifying go hominins. 
When we are studying fossils of species we can lean about the positional behavior, 
meaning the way animals stand and move.



Also we can look at the wear patterns on the teeth and this will determine what
the hominin ate. One of the most important parts is looking at the sexual
dimorphism, this is looking at the difference of size and shape between males
and females, it is important to when studying the fossil record to acknowledge
if the fossil is of a male and female of the same species or of different species.
All of the early homos that lived in the past are the first members of our species.
Most of the fossils of early homos were found in east and south Africa about
2 m.y.a.The period of the homos was an epoch period. Epoch is a period of
time in history that is important/ noteworthy. 
The early homos such as 
Homo Erectus (The Upright Man)
Homo Habillis (The well known Handy Man)
Homo Rudolfensis
These three to me are the most well known hominins of the Homo species.
There are others such as the 
Homo Georgicus
Homo Florensis
Homo Neanderthalensis