MATH-UA 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anatomically Modern Human, Olduvai Gorge, Homo Habilis
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Archeology, prehistory (up to 5,500 years ago): period before people developed writing, archeologists: people who study the remains of prehistoric and historic people (artifacts) Mary leaky (1960-1974): archeologist who found laetoli footprings and homo habilis bones in laetoli, tanzania and olduvai gorge, Oldest human ancestors: hominids (3. 6 million years ago): creatures who walk upright. Paleolithic age/ old stone age: homo habilis (2. 5-2 million years ago): the tool-maker with a 50% larger brain. Eastern africa: homo erectus (1. 6 million years ago): the upright man with a 75% sized brain. Creators of fire: fire enabled them to migrate more to india, china, Asia, and europe, as well as using it for warming, protection, and means of cooking: homo sapiens/ neanderthals (500,000-200,000 years ago): the wise humans. Neander valley, germany, africa, and eastern asia: homo sapiens sapiens/ cro-magnon (100,000 years ago): the doubly wise human who was discovered in europe in 1868.
