ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis, Brain Size
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Lecture 13 feb 26 homo erectus anatomy and culture. Homo erectus is significant in evolution as it is the first hominin species to be found outside of. Africa and the first to exist in old world (africa, middle east, asia) and one of longest living (longevity) homo species (1. 8 mya 300,000 ya) Hip structure is what infers bipedalism in hominins from apes. Neural organization and cranial capacity show encephalization in homo from hominins. In homo habilis there is a major jump in cranial capacity from other species, which will continue to increase drastically to humans (*will be question on cranial capacity general trends on exam) Second major trend through genus homo is reduction in dentition. Think of humans as end product big head but small teeth. Diversified diet with small teeth due to our technology. 3 homo trends: encephalization, reduction in dentition, tool technology.
