ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sub-Saharan Africa, Koobi Fora, Neanderthal Genome Project
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First fossil member of taxon: homo habilis, which means handy man . Some researchers suggest that h. habilis is junk taxon and that there may be two or more species of homo by 2. 0 mya. From site in tanzania, kenya, and ethiopia (2. 3- 1. 6 mya) Species designation: brain size and association with stone tools. Skeletal morphology is similar to contemporaneous australopithecines. May represent 2 or more different species (h. rudolfensis & h. habilis) Sad represent that there is only one species left of the homo. First species in genus homo outside africa (asia and southeast asia) Brain and body size changes in lineage. Early african specimens may be different species, homo ergaster. Distinguished from h. erectus by its thinner skull-bones and lack of an obvious supraorbital. Debate on h. erectus or h. ergaster as direct ancestor of modern humans. Europe and middle east (300- 35 kya)
