ARCH 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jebel Irhoud, Human Taxonomy, Klasies River Caves

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 131
• Professor: Dennis Sandgathe

Document Summary

Modern humans have a very low degree of genetic variability. Everyone alive today is a member of the same subspecies: homo sapiens sapiens. A bit taller than neanderthals and homo heidelbergensis. Narrower built (not as wide in the body) Jebel irhoud, morocco: 2 crania + mandible. Associated with evidence of symbolic behaviour (shell beads, red ochre/henna, 5 buried individuals, including an adult female & child at her feet. Amh (have chins, vertical foreheads, no real brow ridge) At least 10 individuals with variability in the skulls, from neanderthal to amh suggests coexistence. Well preserved cranium, very small face with sinodonty, shovel shaped incisors (regionally distinct traits) Oldest example of amh in east africa. Bodies painted with red ochre (cid:341)m ngo man(cid:342) (in en ionally b ied) + (cid:341)m ngo woman(cid:342) (c ema ed) 18 mni (cid:343)comm nal g ave cove ed wi h " one "lab" and mammo h bone"(cid:344)