ARCH 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Malay Peninsula, Homo Erectus, Congenital Disorder

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 131
• Professor: Dennis Sandgathe

Document Summary

This area didn"t have the water barrier that it has today. During the cold periods could walk from mainland asia to the island of. Modern humans were in australia by at least 40 kya. Some sites dating to 60 or 70 kya. Australia has never been connected to mainland asia. These two are separated by the wallace line named after alfred. Russell wallace who independently came up with the idea of natural selection. Even in the coldest glacial time the people would have had to cross open water. The is why homo erectus never got to australia. Fish hooks found in east timor, 40 kya. Some of the bones found in association with the hooks are deep ocean fish. Some of the oldest rock art appears in australia. There is no evidence of boats in the rock art. Would have had to cross the wallace line to get to the island.