3. Homonins and Homonids
• Homonin
– A living or fossil
species of the human
lineage.
• Homonid
– The group containing
humans and African
apes (Gorilla,
Chimpanzee and
Bonobo)
7. 1) THE CHEST IS BROAD AND NARROW IN HUMANS AND
FLATTENED FROM FRONT TO BACK (IN APES THE CHEST IS
FLATTENED AT THE SIDES
2) HUMANS HAVE LONGER COLLAR BONES
3)IN HUMANS THE SHOULDER BLADES LIE ON THE BACK
OF THE CHEST (IN QUADRUPEDS THEY’RE ON THE SIDES
OF THE CHEST
The upper body . . .
8.
9. Human skeleton (Homo sapiens) – bipedal hominid.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 429
10. Spine has become more
massive and rigid, with
fewer vertebrae –
stronger and able to
support an upright torso.