Dating Methods & Early Hominins

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Across
  1. 5. This hominin derives from Central Africa,there has been no postcrania found, and it had a chimp sized brain (360cc)
  2. 9. elements of different forms
  3. 10. study of extinct organisms,based on fossilized remains
  4. 12. Categories of time into which Earth’s history is divided eras, periods, & epochs.
  5. 13. This Dating Technique estimates the age of an object in absolute or numeric terms; uses a natural clock
Down
  1. 1. Family that includes humans and relatives since the last common ancestor with chimpanzees
  2. 2. amount of time it takes for half the material to decay into a stable form
  3. 3. processes affecting organism after death
  4. 4. The Dating Methods in which it determines which fossils are older (but doesn’t provide an exact date)
  5. 6. turned to stone
  6. 7. this hominin, is from East africa,Divergent bipedal toe Ilium like bipeds, lower pelvis is primitive
  7. 8. study of earth systems; helps us understand preservation, age, and environment of the fossils
  8. 11. this hominin derives from East Africa,it had ape like teeth, and had arms and fingers for climbing