ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Rising Star Cave, Homo Naledi, Homo Habilis

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Anthropology Courses
• Course: ANTH 101
• Professor: Jennifer Parkinson

Document Summary

Major transition in the evolution of genus homo. Bipedalism is a response to shift in climate. As tool use begins, brain size increases dramatically. Need high calorie diet because larger brains need more energy. Different adaptive strategies to cope with environmental change. High quality diet is closely linked with brain size increase throughout evolution. Other carnivores probably caught the pray, and hominid scares them off and claims meal. 560cc brain size - less than half of modern humans. Homo erectus (outside of africa) and homo ergaster (african h. erectus) First discovered in 1891 by e. dubois in indonesia. Supraorbital torus (brow ridge) is shelf-like and projects forwards. African form (ergaster) and asian form (erectus) Dmanisi, georgia 1. 8 mya (found in 2002) Homo ergaster because brain size and tome period (even though it lived outside africa) Zoukoudian, china 500 - 250 ka (revovered in 1920s) 14 skull caps, teeth, post-cranial remains and stone tools.