ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Homo Habilis, Homo Sapiens, Milford H. Wolpoff
27 Apr 2015
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Human "family tree" adaptive radiation all different species around 1 mill. years ago went extinct pattern/reason why certain species went on to survive? human evolution come from africa (east & south in particular) Gracile and robust australopithecines (see ppt. pictures of skulls: a. afarensis, a. africanus, a. boisei, a. robustus, a. aethiopicus (sometimes called p. aethiopicus) *in text: know difference between gracile and robust, and these ^ specific types (characteristics) Intentionally produced stone tools first found in the study, thus the name handy man: existed from ~2. 5-1. 8 million years ago, they had a relatively larger brain. > associated with the size of the brain: first evidence of stone tools, still only found in africa. Core of the evolution of humans; found there first. 2 main types of tools: choppers/cores, flakes. Trend in increase of brain size see ppt. chart. Homo erectus different than homo habilis, number of changes first fossil specimens found outside of africa.
