ANTHR219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Homo Erectus, Homo Floresiensis, Solo River
1 Oct 2016
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Oldest human site with fossil humans out of africa. They found a series of human bones, including five skulls. Classic homo erectus has pentagonal pointed skulls, whereas some early ones have rounder skulls. The skulls include one individual who lost all his teeth, but kept on living (the jaw itself had grown back) The notion of homo erectus comes from sites in southeast asia in java. Java close enough to mainland, and the sea in between is relatively shallow (in the pleistocene ice age, there is only so much moisture to go around. In the full glacial cold periods, ocean levels drops and land bridges. More water is absorbed to ice on land. In periods of low sea level, java is connected to southeast asia. When the ice melts, java is cut off again. ) Supercontinent in periods of low sea level includes the main land and. Java and sumatra and bornes, which are referred to as sonda.
