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  1. Overview of Human Evolution


  2. The Fossil Evidence of Early Hominin Evolution
    1. The First Hominins
      1. Sahelanthropus
      2. Orrorin
      3. Ardipithecus
      4. Evolutionary Relationships
    2. Primitive Hominins
      1. Australopithecus anamensis
      2. Australopithecus afarensis
      3. Kenyanthropus platyops
    3. Hominin Diversity
      1. Robust Australopiths
        1. Australopithecus africanus
        2. Australopithecus garhi

  3. Evolutionary Trends
    1. Evolutionary Relationships
      1. Historical Overview
      2. Family Trees
    2. The Origin of Bipedalism
      1. Locomotion in the Hominin African Ape Ancestor
      2. The Environmental Context
      3. Why Bipedalism?

  4. Summary


  5. Supplemental Readings


  6. Virtual Explorations
Special Topic: The Piltdown Hoax





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