ARCH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Anatomically Modern Human, Kebara Cave, Shanidar Cave
10 Sep 2018
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*the second midterm will include material from this point on* Present in europe and the middle east (asia)- 500 fossils of them. Majority of sites are located in europe. Their roots in europe date to over 300,000 years ago. classic neandertals (show all characteristics of neandertals) date 130,000 - 30,000 years ago. Anatomically modern humans coexisted with them for 10 000 years. Pathological skeleton (most complete one found up until that point)- had many diseases that made it misleading to know what they looked like (arthritis, curved leg, bad hip, severe jaw infection that deteriorated it). Seemed deformed and was reconstructed like that thus making the stereotypical image of neandertals. Based on this discovery m. boule interpreted neandertals as brutish and dim witted with a stooped over appearance and shuffling walk. More similar to humans than previously believed. Long and low cranium (like a football) Used teeth as tools, they were worn down.
