ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hand Axe, Neanderthal 1, Lomekwi
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Sagittal crest: used for really strong chewing. Eating: seeds, tubers (underground plants), meat/marrow, termites. Whatever it was, they were too highly specialized for it so when it ran out; Paranthropus in east africa they were unable to adapt and died. Paranthropus boisei (huge heart shapes __ magnum): 2. 3-1. 2 mya. No direct evidence that paranthropus made them, that"s just what they think. Homo habilis: beginning of our genus (homo. Probably first to eat meat (hunting or gathering?) They don"t know who made them- probably a species of australopithecus. Found in 1891 in asia and africa. Temporal range: 1. 8m- 250k years ago (perhaps younger) Originally named pithecanthropus erectus, but later was dubbed an erectus. Climate changes from warm wet forest, to dry open savannah. Exposure to sun: leads to standing more upright, the sun will only hit head and shoulders rather than whole back. More predators because they can see them. Why is homo erectus the first hominid to leave africa:
