ANTH 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Homo Ergaster, Homo Erectus, Turkana Boy
22 Dec 2020
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Transition from oldowan to acheulian tools (handaxe) More gracile cranium, less pronounced brow ridges. More robust cranial bones, more pronounced brow ridges. Cave site: evidence for earliest hunting/fire or possible hyena den in asia. Site in indonesia, homo erectus originally names pithecanthropus and. Blanket term referring to a mixed group of fossils more derived than h. erectus. But less derived than anatomically modern humans. Archaic homo vs homo erectus (bullets describe archaic homo) Steeper forehead and rounded back of skull. Originally discovered by otto schoetensack in 1908. Broken hill, zambia site discovered by arthur smith woodward, originally. The neanderthals lived throughout europe and the middle east. Large brow ridges, puffy midface, retromolar gap, lack of a chin, presence of. Short and very robust compared to amh, cold adaptation. Known to intentionally bury dead with grave goods. Mousterian tools emerged (some modern humans showed these too) Neanderthal art: perforated shells with pigments and intentional cave rock.
