ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Homo Habilis, Sagittal Crest, Lake Turkana
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1. 8 mya homo habilis habilis means tool maker . Discovered boisei early tool makers, ancestors to modern humans. *key: for a test cranial capacity follows a trend recent beings have higher capacity. Robust face back teeth still quite large. Dental reduction vast change in diet. Standardized tool technology is one of the hallmarks of early homo. Manuports rocks or stones transported for their cutting qualities: they are identified by their location made of rocks from foreign land. Important in brain evolution: emphasizes manual dexterity, needs a complex, abstract thought process. Olduwan industrial complex made by early homo. Characterized by oldowan chopping tool (oldowan chopper: all purpose chopping tool*, made from smooth water worn cobbles, multi-purpose, butcher meat, split bones, defense. Large rock that you strike the cobble against or place the cobble on: hammerstone bipolar percussion, rock used to strike flakes off cobble.
