ARCH 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Human Taxonomy, Peștera Cu Oase, Red Lady Of Paviland
17 Apr 2016
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No date for it (50,000 to 5000 bp) Female cremaion: red ochre sprinkled over him. Red lady of paviland, covered in red ochre. 5 to 8 individuals intenional burials : no way to know. 18 individuals discovered in 1894: 30,000 ya communcal grave covered with stone slabs and mammoth bones pestera cu oase, romania robust amh associated with cave bear remains not buried (scatered on cave loor) 36,000-41,000 ya (oldest amh in europe so far) Up unil 30,000 bp there was always a variety of hominin species around. Two compeing hypotheses: complete replacement or out of africa . Therefore, we all essenially come from a single populaion and (theoreically) everyones mtdna traces back to a woman who lived in africa during this ime: our great (x3000) grandmother: mitochondrial eve . Esimated movement of modern humans out of africa and into the rest of the world. Random mutaion is the only source of variability in mtdna.
