ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Divje Babe Flute, Cave Bear, Brain Injury
8 Mar 2016
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Carl sagan history of the universe as a 12 month calendar. Hominin: sub-family modern humans and ancestors after the split from other hominids. We have a very small representation of that which is required for fossil research. Things are always getting shaken up lump or split (lumpers focus on similarities while splitters do the opposite they have many significant differences). 3 candidates for earliest hominin: sahelanthopus tchademsis: well on their way to bipedalism. The size of the brain absolute relative size of the brain, still quite small but larger. The brow ridges, which we"ve lost: orrorin tugensis: 6 million years ago, in western kenya. The angling of the femur head is not directly on top of the brain, so there is that structural familiarity: ardiplithecus ramidus: 5. 8-4. 4 million years ago in ethiopia. Note: for midterms, focus on the general trends. A major portion of the african continent was covered in lush forests.
