ANTH 2050 Chapter : The Fate Of Neanderthals The Upper Paleolithic
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The fate of neanderthals & the upper paleolithic. Lecture outline: research on neanderthals: birth of paleontology, origins of neanderthals, neanderthal"s morphology, neanderthal"s society, the fate of neanderthals. Neanderthals: history of research: neander valley (west germany, 12 km east of dusseldorf, first remains found in 1856: neanderthal brought to johann karl fulhrott, named in 1863 by william king (british geologist, first hominin fossils: birth of paleontology. Archaic homo sapiens ( wise man : first evidence ca. 500 kya in africa: definite evidence between 400 and 200 kya in africa, europe, and asia, huge variability through europe, africa, and asia, larger brain, ca. Neanderthals: limited to europe, near east and central asia, ca. 150 to 30 kya: culture = mousterian industry (middle paleolithic, homo neanderthalensis or homo sapiens neanderthalensis, large brain, ca. 1500 cc (from 1245 to 1740 cc) (vs. modern humans: ca.
