ANTHROP 2E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tooth Wear, Homo Sapiens, Stone Tool
9 Apr 2018
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Evidence of cannibalism on these bones: cut marks on bone for removal of flesh for eating or burial practices. These fossils tell us that 350 kya were evolving to neanderthals. Retro molar spacing (extra space at the back of the jaw) Lived in wide area of europe and middle east. Large double arched brow ridges with large orbits. Large prominent nasal cavity s (adaptation to the cold) Heavy use of teeth as tools (front tooth wear) Neanderthal culture: mousterian tradition of stone tools. Lived to 40 or 45 few made it to 30. Matured and developed faster than modern humans: caring for elderly and injured. What happened to them: homo sapiens came to europe and neanderthals disappeared. Out compete and replace all existing hominid populations: complete replacement. They were in a region then evolved into early homoserines. Stones and bones approach focuses on fossils similarities. Regional variation in stone tool much more sophisticated and refined: regional continuity.
