ANTH 111 Lecture 15: Anthro 111 – March 4
Document Summary
Oldowan stone tool oldest tools discovered 3. 3 mya. Aurignacian new blade and bone technologies from homo sapiens in europe. Richard klein - has argued qualitative differences outside of africa come after migration of homo sapiens into europe. Art shows the ability to think of the world not as it is lion headed men. Chauvet cave, france earliest evidence of cave painting. Venus figurines some figurines made from fired clay beginning of ceramic technology. Many interpretations of palaeolithic art but they often tell us more about the interpreter than the creator of the art. Moravia hunting camp gravettian period houses made from mammoth tusk and skins. Burial of children with elaborate jewelry in upper palaeolithic suggest a social hierarchy, kids of rich members of society. Homo erectus lived much later in south east asia than other parts of the world. Homo floresiensis don"t know whether it evolved from homo erectus or from homo sapiens.
