From fossil skulls to tool technologies, the history of the hominids is written in stone. The Hominid Fossil Repository serves as a guide to identifying fossil hominid specimens and the tools used by some of our earliest ancestors. This repository will serve as a visual assist in the recognition of the type specimens for students just beginning their life-long interest in our fossil ancestors.
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Homo floresiensis
Homo floresiensisis defined by the type specimen LB-1, a partial skeleton consisting of a fairly complete skull, major portions of the legs, parts of…
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Postcranial morphologies of A. sediba
Image 1 illustrates a reconstruction of MH1 (left) and MH2 (right) in an idealized skeleton of A. africanus.Image 2illustrates a reconstructed pelvis…