ARCH 131 Study Guide - Final Guide: Atapuerca Mountains, Homo Rhodesiensis, Homo Heidelbergensis

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 131
• Professor: Dennis Sandgathe

Document Summary

Homo heidelbergensis represent a new wave from africa arriving 600 kya. Type fossil of h. heidelbergensis (fossil for which name was invented) Massive mandible (lower jaw) with moderately-sized teeth. It looks almost like the kabwe skull from zambia so heidelbregensis was very spread out over two continents: sima de los huesos, spain. So packed with bones that there"s more bones than dust from 400kya. 17 crania and 7000 other skeletal fragments (mni = 28) When you have a lot of bones of np one specific person, you also find out a lot. For example nikotima boy is hella complete but even if you analyze it to bits you only know about that one guy. Samples of little bones you can get the societies" norm figured out easily. Pentagonal skull but not widest from bottom like erectus. Mid-face prognathism (another neanderthal hallmark) found on this one skull. Teeth can tell us a lot about an individual"s health.