ANTH 3650 Lecture Notes - Hip Bone, Clovis Point, Digital Image
29 Oct 2012
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Controversy over early sites: calico and louis leakey, taber site in alberta, old crow site (yukon) and caribou bone flesher, kennewick man (washington state, usa) and possible european origins, ainu of japan, problem of possible transoceanic contacts. Paleo - meaning stone" lithic - meaning old". Homo neanderthal - became extinct 20,000-25,000 years ago. Anthropologists at first, for many years, were unsure where they fit into evolution. Not in same category of homo sapiens as far as brain size. Up right hominid, 3 feet to a meter tall. Fully upright, small brained, omnivorous (plant and animal) life style. Relied heavily on termites for food, ape like stick root to bring termites out, bad on health, died very young, eventually died out: robustus. Then brain size follows (brain size larger as newer) Natural selection, traits to survive: lewis leakey. Calico site california (calico mountains, archaeological project, 1954) Presence of early chopper" tools, scraper with multifunctions. No organic material therefore no carbon dating.
