ANTH 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Louis Leakey

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Anthropology (ANTH)
• Course: ANTH 011
• Professor: ashford

Document Summary

Paranthropus: cutting with tools at olduvai in carcasses stone tools were used as percussive tools to break bones in order to extract bone marrow. For each fossil hominin, be able to describe the geographic range, temporal range, major morphological features, important specimens, important localities, and date/discoverer: homo habilis, what"s in a name, homo = human habilis = handy. Initial discovery: 1960, discoverers: mary and louis leakey. Important localities: olduvai, lake turkana area, hadar: distribution: eastern africa (ethiopia, kenya, tanzania); possibly south. Important localities: lake turkana area distribution: eastern africa; possibly malawi: nicknames: none, temporal range: 2. 4 1. 6 mya, homo erectus, homo ergaster (african h. erectus) Ardipithecus: ate a lot of c3 vegetation, fruits, it lived in a woodland habitats. P. boisei focused on some tough/soft component of c4 plants (grasses). Homo had a broader diet than australopithecus in terms of material properties and incorporated meat. Acquired meat and marrow at least in part by using stone tools.