ANTHROP 2200H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vitamin A, Hand Axe, Turkana Boy
19 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Hominid evolution: early homo (2. 4 1. 65 mya) A: facial reduction, refinement of bipedalism, refinement of hand and finger bones (tool use) Does the presence of stone tools with animal remains indicate hunting? (not necessarily) If hominids scavenging, should find limb bones in. Rear to head during feeding (b/c more meat) assemblages. If hunting, should find more meatier bones (1st choice) Tool marks over carnivore marks (indication of scavenging) The pleistocene (1. 8 mya 10 kya: the ice age (for about 2 my, glaciers. Nuchal torus (to keep head up due to increase brain) Would"ve needed assistance to survive (provisioned by others in group) Looks like took exacto-knife and cut into tooth. Evidence of fire, hunting / scavenging and housing. Olorgesailie, kenya 100s of handaxes (1 0. 8 mya) Possible site for making stone tools (b/c small, portable, breakable; some broken/unfinished) Where are they living? socialization; extends the day. Most in caves and rock shelters or in the open.
