ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homo Erectus, Luminescence Dating, Swamp People
15 Apr 2017
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Arch 100 lec 04 thu sep 11 2014 australia pacific. An entirely new type of hominid, discovered in 2003. Remains appear to be as old as 90,000 to 100,000 years. Population may have persisted until as recently as 12,000 years ago. Average height was probably 3"6 or so. Body weight estimated at 55 pounds, well outside the range of any modern human, and comparable to estimates for lucy (australopithecus afarensis, 3,500,000 years ago). Other than in size, the post-cranial skeleton is similar to homo erectus. The pectoral girdle suggests a more limited range of movement than in modern humans. Bones of the wrist are argued to be more similar to modern apes than humans, but not well described. The stone tools found in association with homo floresiensis are very sophisticated. These tools compare favourably with the upper paleolithic tools of europe, which are associated with anatomically modern humans.
