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5.1: Utangulizi

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    • David G. Lewis, Jennifer Hasty, & Marjorie M. Snipes
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    Kielelezo 5.1 Liang Bua pango katika kisiwa cha Flores nchini Indonesia. Spishi inayoweza kuwa mpya ya jenasi Homo, Homo floresiensis iligunduliwa katika pango hili mnamo 2003. (mikopo: “Flores: Ruteng kwa Bajawa” na Bryn Pinzgauer/Flickr, CC BY 2.0) (mikopo: “Flores” na Ryan Somma/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)

    Hadithi yetu ya kibinadamu inaendelea na kupanda kwa jenasi Homo ambayo kwa wakati mmoja iliwakilisha angalau spishi 8 tofauti katika kizazi chetu cha binadamu - na H. sapiens pekee wanaishi. Jenasi Homo inaonyesha baadhi ya mifano mbalimbali na ngumu ya sifa zote mbili za australopithecine na Homo, ambayo imefanya uainishaji wa spishi katika jenasi hii kuwa changamoto. Katika sura hii tunaangalia jinsi paleoanthropolojia wamefafanua Homo na katika majaribio ya kujibu swali, “Aina ya jenasi Homo inaonekana kama nini?”