ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Homo Ergaster, Turkana Boy, Ileret
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1. 8 to . 3 mya: left africa and dispersed around the old world, extremely successful species. Working man : more modern body build (compared to au. , larger brain, smaller teeth and jaw/parabolic, smaller brow bridge, thinner skull bones, distinct from homo. 80% complete skeleton: ratio of arm and leg length close to that of modern humans. Fully committed to bipedality: no more life in trees, adolescent but tail evolution of the growth spurt, average 5. 5 ft tall. First solid evidence of fully modern walking: hunting, long distance walking. Out of africa: dmanisi, republic of georgia. Show that early humans migrated out of africa very shortly after their appearance. Some regional differences: remains of erectus date back to 1. 2 mya. First discovered erectus: date to 1. 2 to . 8 mya, might have the youngest erectus in the world 27 mya. Bodo skull: ethiopia, during cleaning tim white finds linear marks on the left cheek, the left eye and the nose.
