Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Evolutionary Trends in Hominins
- Bipedal Locomotion
- Jaw bone
- Vertebral column
- Pelvis
- Femurs
- Knee joint
- Foramen Magnum
- Legs
- Foot
- Muscle tone
- Partial contraction of skeletal muscles
- e.g. erect head
- Striding gait
- only humans
- big toe
- transverse arch
- longitudinal arch
- Carrying angle
- arrangement of femurs
- broad pelvis
- weight distribtion
- central axis close
- greater stability
- striding gait, not swaying
- Cerebral cortex
- increase in size/complexity
- greater convolutions
- inc. surface area
- inc. in cranial capacity
- advanced, greater frontal lobe
- house larger more complex brain
- Dentition
- dec. size of molars
- canine teeth not projecting, not interlocking
- parabolic dental arcade
- Prognathism
- reduction
- flattened face
- distinctive forehead
- gradual englargement of cranium