ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Human Taxonomy, Homo Sapiens, Homo Erectus
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For a long time we thought neandertals were the direct ancestors of modern humans. Oldest remains in africa (120kya? maybe 150kya) Presence of a chin (not an adaptation or anything, just a thing) Slender build compared to the muscular archaics. Homo erectus > archaics > homo sapiens sapiens. Before modern humans came to europe, they existed elsewhere in tandem. There is a time in the middle east when they co-exist. Modern humans migrate out of africa into the middle east around 100,000 years ago. The two populations live side by side for almost 30,000 years. For a long period of time when the two are coexisting, we don"t really find any differences in the way they live. Very difficult to tell if a site belongs to neandertals or modern humans. This is why when talking about humans from that time we often talk about them as anatomically modern humans rather than behavioural modern humans.