Hominidae was originally the name given to the family of humans and their (extinct) close relatives, with the other great apes (that is, the orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees) all being placed in a separate family, the Pongidae.However, that definition eventually made Pongidae paraphyletic because at least one great ape species (the chimpanzees) proved to be more …

Homo (from Latin homō 'man') is the genus that emerged in the (otherwise extinct) genus Australopithecus that encompasses the extant species Homo sapiens (modern humans), plus several extinct species classified as either ancestral to or closely related to modern humans (depending on the species), most notably Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.The …

Australopithecus africanus es una especie extinta de hominino de Sudáfrica.Su nombre significa «mono del sur de África». Los primeros restos fósiles, el cráneo de un niño conocido como el niño de Taung, fueron descubiertos en 1924 por Raymond Dart en Taung, Sudáfrica, [1] pero no fue tomado en cuenta hasta 30 años después. Posteriores descubrimientos se …

Sahelanthropus tchadensis es una especie de homininis extinto cuyos fósiles fueron hallados en el desierto del Djurab por un equipo franco-chadiense. [2] Se hallaron nueve restos craneales y poscraneales, correspondientes al menos a seis individuos, incluyendo un cráneo completo que fue apodado Toumaï, Tumai en grafía española. Se estima que la antigüedad de los restos es …

Paranthropus boisei is a species of australopithecine from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. The holotype specimen, OH 5, was discovered by palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey in 1959, and described by her husband Louis a month later. It was originally placed into its own genus as "Zinjanthropus boisei", but is now relegated to …

Paranthropus robustus is a species of robust australopithecine from the Early and possibly Middle Pleistocene of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, about 2.27 to 0.87 (or, more conservatively, 2 to 1) million years ago. It has been identified in Kromdraai, Swartkrans, Sterkfontein, Gondolin, Cooper's, and Drimolen Caves. Discovered in 1938, it was among the …

El cerebro de la mayoría de especies de Australopithecus rondaba el 35 % (500cc) del tamaño del cerebro del hombre moderno. Eran en su mayoría pequeños y delgados, con una talla de 1,20 a 1,40 metros de estatura. Aunque presentaban muchas características consideradas primitivas, su locomoción era claramente bípeda. [2] En algunas especies existía un marcado dimorfismo …

Australopithecus africanus is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived between about 3.3 and 2.1 million years ago in the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of South Africa. The species has been recovered from Taung, Sterkfontein, Makapansgat, and Gladysvale.The first specimen, the Taung child, was described by anatomist Raymond Dart in 1924, and was the …

El origen del hombre o antropogénesis, referido al origen o comienzo de la especie humana actual.En la antigüedad y durante la mayor parte de la historia de la humanidad, la visión mítica y religiosa, la antropogonía, fue la más aceptada —a pesar de no contar con pruebas físicas—, y concibe, en general, el origen como un acto de voluntad de uno o varios dioses.

Australopithecus afarensis (del latín 'mono austral de Afar') es un homínido extinto de la subtribu Hominina que vivió entre 3,9 y 3 millones de años atrás. Era de contextura delgada y grácil, y se cree que habitó solo en África del este (Etiopía, Tanzania y Kenia).La mayor parte de la comunidad científica aceptó que puede ser uno de los ancestros del género Homo.

Australopithecus (do , 'do sul', e do Grego πίθηκος (transl. pithekos), 'macaco'), é um gênero de Hominídeo extinto, que existiu entre o Plioceno e o Pleistoceno, na África. Sendo muito próximos, evolutivamente, ao gênero Homo, seu estudo é de vital importância para a compreensão da evolução humana.As espécies mais conhecidas são A. africanus e A. afarensis, sendo que o ...

The Republic of Florence, officially the Florentine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Fiorentina, pronounced [reˈpubblika fjorenˈtiːna], or Repubblica di Firenze), was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany. The republic originated in 1115, when the Florentine people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon the death of …

Selam (DIK-1/1) is the fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years. Although she has often been nicknamed Lucy's babyLucy" (dated to about 3.18 mya).

Makapansgat (/ m ʌ k ʌ ˈ p ʌ n s x ʌ t /) (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is an important palaeontological site, with the local limeworks containing Australopithecus-bearing deposits dating to between 3.0 and 2.6 million years BP.