ARKY 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Clavicle, Bench Press, Mousterian
16 Mar 2016
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Exam covers chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 7. The end of neanderthals was a result of interacion and absorpion. What have neanderthals done for us: specially adapted genes to ight of disease (hla types, inheritance of the immune system genes. Occipital bun: larger and more pronounced in neanderthals. Broader face and cheekbones farther back and later. Wider/broader shoulders: caused by a longer clavicle. More robust/thicker bones: more muscle atachments, which means they are stronger, and it is esimated that they could bench-press around 500lbs: long bones in arms and legs. Pitch: natural tar/glue from birch trees that takes a process to manufacture. Stone tools: levallois: prepare a piece of stone by breaking of lakes of stone around the edges unil you are let with one large lake in the middle.
