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Document Summary
Fixed routes of foraging leaving tools along the way (i. e. , chimps) Loose bands moving carcasses away from danger and leaving tools randomly: erectus - upright man . More robust than h. habilis or modern humans. Discovered by eugene dubois in 1891 in jave. Java man, 1 mya - 700 kya. Eugene hid the fossils under his bed because no one believe him and he got mad. Turkana boy, 108 bones, 1. 6 mya, 880 cc. Oldest site outside of africa: 1. 8 mya. First homo believed to have left africa. 2 mya when africa flora and fauna made their way to the middle east, Following herds that are going to new places due to climate change. Acheulean handaxes: multipurpose tool, variety of sizes (~7-30 cm) Associated with middle paleolithic: 1. 2 mya to 500 kya. Also found during the lower paleolithic outside of africa: china, israel, england. But focus more on middle paleolithic: erectus innovations.
