ANTHRO105 - Practical I - Skulls and Hominins

biological anthropology

Frontal, connected to eyeholes

Parietal, two of them and wraps over ears

Occipital, hole to connect to spine

Temporals, connects to ear canal, temples

Zygomatic, cheekbones, surrounds orbitals

Maxilla, surrounds nose

Mandible, lower jaw, not attached by sutures

Purported Hominins - ape like teeth & faces

Archaic Hominins - Megadontia, Prognathic Face

Megadont Hominins - saggital crest, broad zygomatic bones

Transitional Hominins - big teeth and jaw relative to later species

Premodern Hominins - small teeth, modern body-proportions

lateral ← → medial

+superior -inferior

+proximal -distal