877575 VO Pliocene Hominans (2003W)

Pliocene Hominans: Australopithecus and Paranthropus

0.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), UG99 Anthropologie

ab 6.10.2003, montags, 19.15 bis 20.00 Uhr im Seminarraum Anthropologie

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Language: German

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Thomas Bence Viola

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ECTS-points: 1,5
After a short discussion of the comparative morphology of modern Hominoids and Homo, we will cover the different members of the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus. After this systematic overview, questions of functional interpretations of morphology will be addressed. Finally, the problems of using traits that are especially prone to homoplasy (e.g. traits of the masticatory system), for reconstructing phylogeny will be highlighted.

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