ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kamoya Kimeu, Turkana Boy, Cranial Vault

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT102H5
• Professor: Andrea Muehlebach

Document Summary

*****1st hominin species to exist outside of africa: an african origin, an impressive longevity, extensive geographical spread t/o old world. Zhoukoudian, china (600 400 kya: gunnar andersson. Best collection of 600,000 300,000 yr old hominids ever found: minimum 40 individuals adult male, female & subadults. East african h. erectus (h. ergaster) ergaster has longer limbs and thinner bones more taller, erectus shorter thicker bones, african. 1984 kamoya kimeu: nariokotome, west turkana, wt 15000 (nariokotome boy)- most complete african h. erectus specimen found. Larger brow ridges: temporal relationships inconsistencies in the chronological transition of morphological changes from h. habilis to h. ergaster to h. erectus. 780 1225 cc (1000 cc average: wide at base from behind, nuchal torus. Sagittal keel= only seen in homo erectus: robust jaw. Teeth larger than modern human, but smaller than h. habilis. Postcranial skeleton similar to modern humans: robust limb bones, conical rib cage- may suggest not capable of oral communication, narrow hips.