Human ancestor footprint

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DavWan said:
I wonder if you could simplify your terms a little? Am I correct in assuming you mean that “H. ergaster looks human” or am I completely missing what you mean?
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He means that it looks human from the neck down…mostly. 🙂

As far as we know, their arms were longer.
 
Sideline said:
No problem. 🙂

Scientists use the term “post-cranial skeleton” because in nearly ever other species, the body is actually behind the head.
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Yeah, I can understand concepts ok, but some of the technical terms go over my head.

I was interpreting “post” as in time, not in location
 
DavWan said:
Yeah, I can understand concepts ok, but some of the technical terms go over my head.

I was interpreting “post” as in time, not in location
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So… you thought it meant after instead of after. Rookie mistake. 😛
 
Far as I know, H. ergaster had pretty much human proportions for arms and legs. Earliest known hominin to be that way. Differences are mostly in the cranium, teeth, and face, and in the hips, which are a bit slimmer, meaning they were probably better runners than most of us.
 
The_Barbarian said:
Far as I know, H. ergaster had pretty much human proportions for arms and legs. Earliest known hominin to be that way. Differences are mostly in the cranium, teeth, and face, and in the hips, which are a bit slimmer, meaning they were probably better runners than most of us.
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Oops, I checked and you’re right. I got it mixed up with habilis. Sometimes I don’t know my ergaster from a hole in the ground.

Sorry… that was terrible. 😊
 
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