ANTHR-140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Homo Rhodesiensis, Homo Naledi, Homo Floresiensis
15 Jun 2020
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Land bridge between java and mainland asia. Site showed modern intelligence (possible burial sites) A: smaller brains, flared pelvis, long, curved fingers and position of shoulder (climbing) Homo: tall, skull shape, tool use, long legs, human like feet. Island no way to get to mainland unless use a boat. A. features: small brain (350 cc), 3. 5 ft tall, similar wrists, shorter lower limbs, long and flat feet. Bc lived on island insular dwarfism (reduces size of large animals when get isolated in small habitats (islands) Absence of predators (being small is a selective advantage) and less resources needed. Where does it fit: h. sapien (microcephalic) rejected bc primitive traits, dwarfed lineage h. erectus, descendant of h. habilis or a. population. Middle and upper pleistocene (h. heidelbergensis, rhodesiensis, antecessor: heidelbergensis (overall species but also split into three groups) In between two extremes of homo sapiens and homo erectus. Primitive (similar to h. erectus) long , low kull; thick cranial bones.
