ANTH 1220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Olduvai Gorge
19 May 2017
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Lomoar cpsd| 987298 discovered 1925 taung, south africa by dart small brain, omnivore, large face, sexual dimorphism, bipedal, gracile/slender . Discovered 1939 by broom black skull, teeth, small brain, megadonta (tough grass), sexual dimorphism, sagittal crest, use of perishable tools (pre- cultural humans) . Discovered 1964 handy man east/south africa by john napier & phil. Cranial: enlarged, high forehead, thicker bones, small face, larger brain . Olduvai gorge, homo habilis and erectus, few types of tools (flakes, choppers), method of percussion . Still scavengers, not yet hunters, sites found once learned to break rocks . Non-arctic hg eats 80% plants, arctic eats 80% meat . Micro-band = 25 people, all ages/sexes, macro-band = 500-1000 people . Eugene dubois java, indonesia large cranial remnants (1000 cc) bipedal . Pithecanthropus erectus *earliest human identified to have walked upright . New species evolves on margins of population distribution .
