ANTHR-140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: La Ferrassie 1, Mastoid Part Of The Temporal Bone, Homo Floresiensis
23 Sep 2020
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H. heidelbergensis h. neanderthalensis and h. sapiens. Genetically distinct, but shared a common ancestor with neanderthals. There is a complexity on the landscape. Most amh in europe and asia have neanderthal dna. Some melanesian, aboriginal australian and papuan individuals have. If they are new hominins and the dating is correct, they appear to have rafted to. On islands, large mammals tend to get smaller. Birds and reptiles tend to get bigger. Over 80,000 stone tools and stone working waste bits. Tools date as old as 800,000 years ago to only 10,000 years ago yet the stone tool technology was consistent throughout the assemblage. Tools resemble oldowan tools, not later modern human tools. Hand and foot similar to h. erectus (dmanisi) Stone tools associated and dating to 1 mya. May derived from very early migration of homo in se asia. Allometrically scaled down early homo cranial shape. Globally reorganized brain with only 400cc size (chimp, australopith size)
