ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Homo Naledi, Homo Erectus, Insular Dwarfism
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Migratede out of africa, started developing regional populations. Evolved in africa, migrated and took over everywhere else. First ones to have a chin! (they don"t know why) Near east: modern humans ~110 ka neandertals, modern humans ~40 kya. Fundamental change in human behavior - cultural leap. Bone, ivory, shells: tools but also symbolic. Complex social networks: intermixing with people (neandertals) who look differently. Megadrought in africa drives them out and drive changes. Helps find marine resources; taking apart and eating muscles. By 25 kya modern homo sapiens is found throughout the old world. By 13 kya and perhaps earlier, modern homo sapiens had come to the new world. Kennewick man, 8400 years old in washington state. Genetic diversity is highest in africa because they are the oldest so they were genetically isolated for the longest. Stature: only 1 meter tall as a full grown adult (about three feet) Control of fire, tools and teeth show they are homo.
