ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New Britain, Howiesons Poort, Chromosome
12 Oct 2016
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Week 3, september 26 mesolithic and archaic cultures. The peopling of australia the peopling of the new world video: mystery of the first americans or seeking the first americans. Wpa chapter 5 (118-147) and wpa chapter 6 (148-179), appendix a: Modern human: all members of the biological species homo sapiens, including all living humans. All humans are included under a single subspecies: homo sapiens sapiens. Low degree of species diversity as most living humans. Low genetic variation w/i modern humans reflect a relatively recent common ancestry. Homo sapiens: the species name for modern humans. Characteristics of the skull that distinguish modern humans from earlier species: large brain (1200-1700 cc), globular braincase, a vertical forehead, reduced brow ridges, pronounced chin, teeth are smaller, reduced body mass, barrow trunk, unique pelvic shape. Modern humans first appeared in africa b/t 200,000 and 100,000 yrs ago.
