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Who found the laetoli footprints?
Mary Leakey
What type of Australopithecine is Lucy?
Afarensis
How was Lucy Found
Donald Johanson found her one "lucky feeling" morning during a survey
Why are pigs teeth important?
They are used as a form of relative dating: biostatigrapgy
How old is lucy?
3.5 million years old
What is Piltdown Man?
Human cranium with an apelike jaw. It was a hoax.
Tim White and Donald Johanson had to restructure the human evolutionary tree after Lucy was found?
True
Where were the first Australopitheine skulls found?
South Africa
Where were the first Neanderthal skulls were found?
Europe
Taung baby
Found by Raymond Dart
Robert Broom
One of the few supporters of Raymond Dart
Oldowan tools
tool kit associated with Homo habilis about 1.8-2 million years ago
Hadar
The afar triangle region of Ethiopia where Johanson worked
Acheulian tools
tool kit associated with Homo erectus about 1.5 million years ago
Sterkfontain, Swartkrans, and Kromdrai
South African fossil sites
Koobi Fora
The area of Kenya where Richard Leakey worked
Gracile
A small form of australopithecine
Robust
a very heavy, large form of australopithecine