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George Chen
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DAYS UNTIL
FINAL
Announcements
● Final question format
● Regrades due tomorrow in class
● Pages 2 + 3 are added together
Human Evolution
● Laetoli
Footprints
● Lucy
Development of bipedalism
● Spinal cord
● Pelvis shape
● Knees
● Arm:leg ratio
● Predates tool
development, brain
growth
● Seen in other
species, but usually
limited
Homo floresiensis
Homo floresiensis
● Brain close to Lucy's size
● Evidence of advanced
toolbuilding, culture
● Does this disprove
microencephaly as an
ancient gene required for
cognitive development?
Homeobox genes
● Developmental
embryology
● Regulatory genes
Dros Hox gene expression