ARCH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Homo Erectus, Homo Floresiensis, Wallace Line
11 Feb 2018
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The only hominins known from australia & the americas are homo sapiens. In order to reach australia, humans had to cross the. These unique characteristics are the result of long-term isolation of a population of homo erectus on the island of flores. General tendency for isolated island populations to evolve into species w/ reduced body size: the northern route follows a string of small islands b/t the indonesian island of sulawesi. Australia, dating 60,000 & 53,000 years ago: lake mungo: one in a series of dried-out lakes located in southern australia where evidence of human occupation dates b/t 50,000 & 46,000 years ago. 2 human burials & numerous stone tools have been discovered. The deposits in which these skeletons were found have been 40,000 years ago: megafauna: species of large animals that became extinct in many areas of the world, including the americas & australia, toward the end of the pleistocene. Exposed during the periods of low sea level.
