ANT 2511 Study Guide - Final Guide: Atapuerca Mountains, Homo Habilis, Dorothy Garrod
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04/27/2014 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: habilis, trends in hominid evolution: increasing encephalization (increase brain size) Decreasing dentition (teeth are smaller) smaller faces: homo habilis: 2. 4 1. 6 mya, h. habilis at olduvai gorge, tanzania. Distribution of across africa: found in tanzania, kenya, ethiopia, Handy man, was thought to be the first stone tool user. Type of tools used: bigger brains linked to the cognitive ability to make tools -> oldowan tool kit. Brain size 650 cc: famous specimens: oh 24 twiggy , oh 7. That they had longer arms, shorter legs than humans and still spent some of their time in trees: the oldowan stone tool kit: simple cores, whole flakes, flaking debris. 1972 by richard leakey in koobi fora, kenya east side of lake. Turkana somewhat bigger than habilis: specimen number knmer 1470. Cranial capacity of 775 cc: know the details of the debate surrounding h. rudolfensis vs. h. habilis.
