ANTH 140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anatomically Modern Human, Milford H. Wolpoff, Archaic Humans
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Anth 140 002 exam 2 study guide. Vocab: archaic homo sapiens - extinct species of humans that have a lot in common with anatomically modern. Homo sapiens, but still have some primitive skeletal features. Carrying capacity - given the food, water, habitat, etc. of a geographical area, it is how many organisms that area can support before degrading. Agriculture was most likely invented because early humans reached their habitat"s carrying capacity and needed a way to feed a higher population. Complex foraging started during the natufian, 14,000 years ago, it is a system of hunting and gathering focused on a few rich resources. Channel islands, california - a chain of islands off the coast of california, where the earliest human remains in north america were found by jon erlandson. Clovis characteristically fluted projectile point that was heavily used by the paleoindians. They date to the paleoindian period around 13, 500 years ago.
