ANTH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Pleistocene, Sagittal Suture, Hand Axe
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Chapter 10: the origins and evolution of early homo: pithecanthropus erectus = the name first proposed by ernst haeckel for the oldest hominid; Short legs in comparison with arms: gait shorter than modern humans" although bipedal. "s adaptation: intelligence and tool use become important: more australopithecine bipedality than human, larger brain. Presence of muscles that would have provided the necessary precision grip use and making of tools: australopithecines became increasingly specialized and focused on narrower range of foods that required heavy chewing. Spread of warm season c4 grasses, increasing habitat diversity, increasing food resources. Increasing dietary versatility for homo: tools exploiting diverse landscape. Stone tools impt for digging roots and tubers and processing them for consumption: dietary shift success for homo habilis, extinction for australopithecines. : early homo goes global: date collectively to about 1. 8 0. 3 mya, hominids first left africa, colonized asia and europe.
