ANTH 2050 : Anthro 2050 Exam 2
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500 kya in africa: definite evidence between 400 and 200 kya in africa, europe, and asia, huge variability through europe, africa, and asia, larger brains, ca. 150-30 kya: culture = mousterian industry (middle paleolithic, the neanderthals. Lecture 2: homo neanderthalensis or homo sapiens neanderthalensis, large brain, ca. La chapelle aux saints: shanidar, counter argument: injured or disabled great apes survive on their own (katherine. Dettwyler: no art per se (cave, portable, etc. ), but found a flute : neanderthal demise, neanderthals survived until ca. 35 kya up until maybe 28 kya: latest finds from hyena den (uk, modern h. sapiens likely descend from archaic h. sapiens in africa ca. 100 kya: modern h. sapiens in levant region ca. Lecture outline: environment, non-archaeological evidence, biological evidence, genetics, dental morphology, mitochondrial dna (mtdna, similarity with asians (but exception, kennewick man, dental traits: sinodonty (shovel-shaped incisors, root differences, epicantic fold, multiple waves from different sources (first wave with sinodonty)
