ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mousterian, Mezhyrich, Middle Paleolithic
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Modern homo sapiens originated in a single population in east or south africa, around 160-200. Earliest modern homo sapiens are not immediately associated with the full range of. They are still associated with middle palaeolithic stone tool types. Not completely clear, but genetic studies indicate not much interbreeding (1-4% In many areas, modern humans probably displaced neanderthals and other pre-homo sapiens rapidly. Last neanderthals went extinct around 35 kya, within about 5 kya of spread of modern humans to europe. Once homo sapiens has been around for millennia, and most aspects of modern human behaviour have developed: Each region saw a specialized pattern based on: access to fresh water, game resources (water, sunlight - south facing caves. Home bases were occupied for long periods, plus temporary special purpose camps throughout territory. This differs from earlier hominins who moved more often and whose sites did not differ from one another as much.
