Recent research concerns morphological and phylogenetic aspects of modern human diversity, based on analysis of recent and
fossil skeletal material.
Not exact matches
But the most ancient
skeletal fossils are made not of bone, but of calcite — the same
material that makes up the rock matrix in which they are embedded.
The
skeletal material was found in sandstone in the Woronso - Mille paleontological study area that lies some three dozen miles north of Hadar, the fossiliferous site that has yielded since 1973, the most
fossils from a single site attributed to a single species, Australopithecus afarensis, the same species designation claimed for Kadanuumuu.
Students in ANT 301 attend labs that (a) expand on concepts presented in lectures and (b) provide an opportunity for hands - on exploration of
skeletal and
fossil materials.