ANTH 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Brain Size, Homo Erectus, Enculturation
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7: the origins of culture and the emergence of homo. Chapter focuses on the evolution of stone tools and other cultural adaptations. Text claims (contrary to what i have been telling you) than homo was the first hominin tool user (not australopithecus). This is obviously debatable and i believe they will be proven wrong over time. Chapter also explores the emergence of homo. Earliest stone tools from gona, in ethiopia dated at 2. 5 mya (near bouri site). Made by percussion flaking technique: a tool making technique in which one stone is struck with another to remove a flake. Work originally conducted by louis and mary leaky at olduvai gorge in tanzania had yielded many stone tools. Olduvai site uncovered in 1911 by a german entomologist. The oldest cultural materials from olduvai (bed i) date from 1. 6 mya. These are unifacial tools, flaked on one side only. Called oldowan tools: the earliest stone toolmaking tradition.
