Australopithecus Pt. 1
Savanna adaptations and the Genus Australopithecus
Mio
-
Pliocene
Climate shift
The earliest bipeds emerged at the tail
end of the Miocene (~23
-
5
mya
) and
beginning of the Pliocene (~5
-
2.5
mya
)
epochs
This period, between 7 and 4 million
years ago, is notable not only for the
forms that appear but for the distinct
change in climate associated with
them
Starting at around 12 million years ago,
the earth cycled into a cooling trend
Onset of g...
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