ANT101H5 Lecture 8: lec 8[modern human].docx
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First find but not the oldest: high broad forehead, chin, narrow nose, large broad noses, small face, globular vault, slight brow ridges. H. heidelbergensis prominent brow ridge, broad nose: robust jaw, thick cranial bones, pronounced neck ms, receding forehead. *earliest evidence of homo sapiens is 195kya, but first find is the cro-magnon. *the prominent ancestor of human and neadertals is heidelbergensis h. sapiens hypotheses. Origin of modern: single origin /complete replacement / out of africa /african eve hypothesis (stringer & andrews, 1988) Origin of modern humans in africa, with later replacement of all of other homo species (including neandertals) Moved out of africa and replaced all of the homos. Based on: morphological studies, genetic studies (haviland et al. , 2009, mitochondrial dna: genetic evidence suggested that they were descendants of. Several populations in africa, asian & europe evolving together from 100,000 40,000 ya (haviland et al. , 2009) Based on: tool assemblages, fossil evidence, partial replacement hypothesis (brauer)
