ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Krapina, Late Pleistocene, Tabun Cave
17 Oct 2016
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Referred to as late archaic homo sapiens by some researchers. Others classify neandertals as a separate sub-species, or race, of humans: homo sapiens neandertalensis. Found in 1856, shortly before darwin published on the origin of species by means of. At the time, the specimen was dismissed, described as. A few people argued that this was an earlier form of human, although this view was generally dismissed. Many researchers recognize two forms of neandertal: The middle eastern form (below) (cid:862)classi(cid:272)(cid:863) nea(cid:374)dertal morphology. Larger average cranial capacity than modern humans (1530 cc rather than 1350-1400 cc) Large brain is thought to be an adaptation to living in a very cold climate. A large brain is more metabolically efficient under cold climatic conditions. One of the earliest neandertal finds, from southwest france. Near complete skeleton, often referred to as the old man of la chappelle. Particular individual was very robust, but suffered from arthritis. Skeleton dates to roughly 60,000 years ago.
