Orrorin tugenensis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:species
gptkbp:adaptations bipedalism
gptkbp:anatomy curved finger bones
gptkbp:body_shape long arms
bipedal
gptkbp:cultural_significance human evolution
human ancestry
gptkbp:diet omnivorous
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:discovery Brigitte Senut and Martin Pickford
gptkbp:discovery_year gptkb:2001
gptkbp:evolutionary_relationship great apes
gptkbp:extinction_cause climate change
gptkbp:field_of_study paleoanthropology
gptkbp:first_described_by Brigitte Senut
gptkbp:fossil_analysis_method comparative anatomy
gptkbp:fossil_dating_method radiometric dating
gptkbp:fossil_record gptkb:National_Museums_of_Kenya
2000s
good
limited
Tugen Hills
teeth
femur
humerus
morphometric analysis
mandible
postcranial remains
6 million years
6 million years ago
KNM-OT 15300
Tugen Hills, Kenya
gptkbp:genus Orrorin
gptkbp:habitat gptkb:forest
gptkbp:has_features bipedal adaptations
gptkbp:head small brain size
gptkbp:height 1.5 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orrorin tugenensis
gptkbp:known_for bipedal locomotion
gptkbp:lived_during Late Miocene
gptkbp:paleobiology gptkb:savanna
gptkb:forest
early hominin
understanding human origins
gptkbp:paleoenvironmental_context Miocene epoch
gptkbp:phylogenetic_analysis hominin lineage
gptkbp:publication gptkb:Nature
gptkbp:related_species gptkb:Sahelanthropus_tchadensis
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Australopithecus_afarensis
gptkbp:research gptkb:2001
African continent
field excavation
gptkbp:research_importance paleoanthropology
gptkbp:scientific_classification gptkb:dinosaurs
gptkbp:scientific_name gptkb:Orrorin_tugenensis
gptkbp:significance early human ancestor
gptkbp:species tugenensis
gptkbp:time_period 6 million years ago
gptkbp:type gptkb:dinosaurs
gptkbp:weight 50 kg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hominini
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6