Assignment
1. Define analogous and homologous traits and provide an example of each.
2. Discuss the factors that influence primate social structure. What similarities and differences can be drawn between nonhuman and human primate social structures?
3. What characteristics define a hominin? Discuss which aspects of your definition can be assessed in the fossil record.
4. Discuss the fossil finds at Dmanisi in terms of their morphology and in terms of the information they provide about the dispersal of hominids out of Africa.
Text Book: Essentials of Physical Anthropology: Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan: 9781111837181.