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  • Humans as Primates and Hominins

  • Australopithecus and the South African Discoveries

  • The Leakeys and Olduvai Gorge

  • Australopithecus afarensis: Lucy and the First Family

  • The Laetoli Footprints

  • Earliest Ancestors

  • The Branching Tree of Hominin Evolution

  • The Earliest Members of Our Genus, Homo

  • Archaeology in Practice: Dating the Earliest Hominins

  • Case Study: The South African Australopiths: Did They Hunt, or Were They Hunted?

  • Conclusion






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