ANT101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Olduvai Gorge, Kamoya Kimeu, Homo Ergaster
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The first dispersal of the genus homo: homo erectus and contemporaries. Sometime close to 2 mya, hominins expanded widely out of africa into other areas of the old world. Hominins were restricted to africa for nearly 5 million years (as shown by fossil record). These hominins spread out through out the world and began to be both anatomically and behaviourally diverse, and were more committed to a completely terrestrial habitat, used more elaborate stone tools, and probably ate meat. There is a universal agreement that the hominins found outside of africa are all members of the genus homo. The species that has the most evidence is the. Some researchers see several anatomical differences between these. African representatives of an erectus-like hominin, and their asian cousins (the species that is commonly referred to as homo erectus). This, they place african fossils into a separate species, one they call homo ergaster.
