ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Skhul And Qafzeh Hominins, Cave Painting, Neanderthal

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 100
• Professor: David Maxwell

Document Summary

All humans are categorized as homo sapiens sapiens. Modern human behaviour is documented earlier and earlier. Discovered late as the early 2000s, one of the earliest anatomically modern humans. Dif cult to determine actual age of skeletons, changes constantly. Predates neanderthals suggesting that humans are not directly descendants from neanderthals. Skeletons or child are very rare -> development is very similar to modern humans. One was buried with boar mandible on his chest. Exibits modern human behaviour, ie re burning, stone tools etc. Dates 40000-44000 years, oldest establishes of presence of anatomically correct humans outside africa. Tools artifacts: carved representations of animals or people, personal ornaments. Skeletal traits of anatomically modern human as well as neanderthals. Whistles have been found from this period. Anatomically modern humans in africa 200000 years. Migrated and completely replaced neanderthals in asia. Homo erectus were outcompeted and died out. Virtually all modern groups have neanderthal in dna.