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Chapter Outline
Chapter Overview
Prelude
Chronicle
Miocene Preface
Fossil Apes Of The Miocene
Why The Study Of Apes Is Relevant To The Study Of Humanity
What Happened To The Apes At The End Of The Miocene?
The Irony Of Extinction
The First Hominids
Late Miocene Hominids
The Genus Australopithecus
Australopithecus Afarensis
A Fork In The Hominid Road
A Forest Of Hominids
A Different Path=Homo Habilis
The Ability To Make Stone Tools
Oldowan Technology
The Fate Of Homo Habilis
Issues And Debates:
What Were The First Steps In Hominid Evolution?
How Do We Know The Hominids Were Upright?
Is There Other Evidence For Bipedality?
Why Bipedalism?
The Upright Provider
The Upright Scavenger
The Efficient Walker
Were The Early Hominids Hunters?
Where Did The Idea For Stone Tools Come From?
What Do We Know About The Early Hominid Brain?
What Caused The Proliferation Of Hominid Species?
Rates Of Change In Evolution
Case Study Close-Up
Visiting The Past
Summary
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Key Terms
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