Sentences with phrase «most hominid fossils»

Most hominid fossils are in much worse shape than the skull of Homo floresiensis.

Not exact matches

Most significantly, CT scans can liberate hominid fossils from museum drawers.

Because of their fragility and size, bird bones have been rare or absent at most other eastern African fossil assemblages that included early hominids.

Most of the senior members of the Chorora research team also belong to the Middle Awash project team that has recovered the fossil remains of at least eight hominid species, including some of the earliest hominids, spanning nearly 6 million years.

«The new fossils superbly document the link between modern whales and their land - based forebears,» he concludes, «and should take their place among other famous «intermediates,» such as the most primitive bird, Archaeopteryx, and the early hominid Australopithecus.

«This is one of the most revealing hominid fossils that I could have imagined,» he says.

Most importantly, there are casts of around two dozen of the most important fossil hominid skulls (including Sts 5, OH 5, WT 17000, ER 1813, ER 1470, ER 3733, Java Man, Peking Man, Sangiran 17, Arago, La Chapelle - aux - Saints, the Neandertal skull, St. Cesaire, Kow Swamp), and full casts of the Lucy and Turkana Boy skeletMost importantly, there are casts of around two dozen of the most important fossil hominid skulls (including Sts 5, OH 5, WT 17000, ER 1813, ER 1470, ER 3733, Java Man, Peking Man, Sangiran 17, Arago, La Chapelle - aux - Saints, the Neandertal skull, St. Cesaire, Kow Swamp), and full casts of the Lucy and Turkana Boy skeletmost important fossil hominid skulls (including Sts 5, OH 5, WT 17000, ER 1813, ER 1470, ER 3733, Java Man, Peking Man, Sangiran 17, Arago, La Chapelle - aux - Saints, the Neandertal skull, St. Cesaire, Kow Swamp), and full casts of the Lucy and Turkana Boy skeletons.

The results are approximate, because they depend on which formula is used, and also on brain and body size, both of which are difficult to estimate for most fossil hominids.

If Clarke's expectations of further finds are borne out, Little Foot could become the most spectacular and important hominid fossil ever discovered, rivalled only by the Turkana Boy Homo erectus skeleton.