ANTH 203 Lecture Notes - Kents Cavern, Aurignacian, Venus Figurines
1 Jun 2012
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Hominins whose skeletal characteristics fall entirely within the range of variation of modern humans. Including placing the face lower on the braincase. Reduction in the size and position of the teeth. Brain is not larger than archaic homo sapiens. May be a consequence of more sophisticated technology including projectiles that allowed killing prey at a distance. Isolated teeth dating to 380,000 bp are claimed to be amhs. The excavators argue that this suggests amhs had evolved in eurasia at 400,000 bp and. Most specialists are skeptical of this claim because of the lack of other early evidence in. Earliest outside of africa is in israel, and it"s 110,000 bp. A bias against neanderthals that causes many people to exclude them from our direct ancestry. Excluded from out ancestry in 1860"s-1910"s because considered too ape-like. Included in 1920"s-1960"s in a simple unilinear theory of evolution. Australopithecines --> homo habilis --> homo erectus --> archaic homo sapiens including neanderthals --> amhs.
