ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prepared-Core Technique, Sterkfontein, Louis Leakey
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Louis leakey (1960) first discovery, olduvai gorge, leakey, he made a discovery of a new skull, he recognized this to be different, the difference was in the cranial vault, he named it. Dated to 1. 8 mya, found in olduvai gorge. New things for test: austra. found only in africa, east or south, no tools ! East africa origin for genus homo is in africa, because all early homo species are found only in east or south. What is average cranial capacity in australopithecus- 400-500 cm3, like chimpanzees. There is a trend, as you go up the brain size increases. early homo in comparison to australopithecines. Knm er 1470 (homo rudolfensis?) special specimen, found in koobi fora, very different from early homo species, has a large cranial capacity, 752, some researchers have put this into a different genus, homo rudolfensis. Back teeth still quite large (but < australopithecines)
