ANTH 1301 Lecture 24: Lecture 24
19 Oct 2015
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Evolution of homo heidelbergensis: homo erectus in java (asia) and china. End species = h. floresiensis: h. heidelbergensis vs. This documents the first use of the h. heidelbergensis concept (though the name was not used) In 1996, philip rightmire formally proposed the use of homo heidelbergensis. Rightmire resurrected the name h. heidelbergensis, which was originally coined by german anatomist schoetensack in 1908 in his description of the. Mauer mandible found in a gravel pit near heidelberg, germany. Rightmire used the new species to link together hominin populations as far apart as southern africa and europe. Oldowan style tools are expedient, fitting an immediate need. Earlies evidence of homo heidelbergensis in africa. Africa: mauer, germany: ~500,000 yrs ago. Composite stratigraphic sequence though the sch ningen site. The wooden spears and other implements come from a level dating to 400,000 years ago which was also a warm period. These are convex side scrapers with retouch around the edges.
