ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo Rudolfensis, Neanderthal

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 100
• Professor: Christina Giovas

Document Summary

Midterm - fill in the blanks, m/c, short answer. We shared the earth with at least 3 other human-types. Two species of early homo (both from e. africa) Homo habilis ( handy man ) not the first maker of stone tools (but thought) Main diff: smaller cranium capacity/brain case, smaller body size. Prognathism - the degree of the muzzle (front of face) pushing forward. When erectus moved east, tools were changed. Movius line - the theoretic line that separates the areas of the acheulian industry. Associated organic, wooden spears + acheulian tools. Probably actively hunted (they had wooden spears) There"s no question that the wooden spears were not used for hunting. They were able to communicate in some way, but not necessarily similar to how we communicate. Find out thru seeing their physical features. Their larynx is very low in the throat (gives ability to speak) Did not have full range of sounds.