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