ARCH 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Biochronology, Basalt, Homo Erectus
30 Sep 2016
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Differed from homo sapiens in the cranial bones. The australopithecines only have been found in africa. Likely they moved out of africa because they are very well adapted to grassland environments. Very good joggers, could cover long distances in the heat of the day. Likely that they were the first people who were good at exploiting large game. The deserts in the arabian peninsula were much smaller 2 mya, at that time, most of the areas that are now desert, were open grassland with herds of animals. There were no barriers for the people moving out of africa, the people were just following the game animals. Time span for h. erectus/ergaster: erectus/ergaster appears in africa 2 mya. In asia perhaps as recently as 50-100,000 ya. When people find a fossil that fits the age range, it is commonly categorized as h. erectus/ergaster. This is just starting to change because of the large amount of fossils found in europe.
