2006-09-30 14:48:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Okay, I know about the silt and how they would look like. I just want to know if anyone else sees a huge simialarty
2006-09-30 17:08:21 · update #1
To be honest, it is remarkable just to observe the structural similarity between the skulls of all fossil and extant hominids, including the great apes (which are now classified in the hominidae) and the skulls of modern humans.
I imagine I would see the similarity immediately if I ever was to see the skulls of A. afarensis and Pan paniscus (bonobo) side by side.
Oddly, I recently posted an entry in my blog a few weeks ago with a picture of a bonobo standing upright and wondered out loud whether this was what australopithecus may have looked like!
2006-10-01 00:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A. aferensis basically would look like an upright walking chimpanzee. The larger brains came after walking, not before. They were relatively recently split from what would be the common ancestor for humans and chimps. .
Some scientists have surmised that the split between early human ancestors and chimpanzees was not clean - there was an initial split and then they remained close enough and interbred for another million years before the final split.
2006-09-30 16:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I agree there is that close appearance in the skull
2014-01-28 13:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So?
2006-09-30 16:07:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋