ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo Erectus, Cranial Vault

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT101H5
• Professor: Sherry Fukuzawa

Document Summary

*homo erectus is the first species out of africa. *differences between early homo and australopithecus (cranial capacity) *controlling fire (first in homo erectus) : allows you to continue activities outside daylight , mechanism to cook meat and increase digestibility, away off predators, * what evidence do you need for control of fire ? a hurth. *unique feature of homo erectus miss orbital bar. Homo heidelbergensis (transitional forms) or archaic homo sapiens of africa. Homo heidelbergensis (transitional forms) first in africa (direct descendent. @ 800 - 600,000 ya new species, very significant. Homo erectus gave rise to a bigger brained descendent. Probably occurred in africa or western eurasia. Mosaic of h. erectus & h. sapien traits. Prototype specimen for the heidelbergensis species (how it got its name) Having a chin is a unique characteristic feature of a modern human. Significance: the mandible is how it got its name. Found in gran dolina, sierra de atapuerca, spain.