NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bluefish Caves, Cactus Hill, Kennewick Man
Document Summary
Bluefish caves, yukon: 15,000 to 12,000 years ago. Paisley 5 mile point caves, oregon: 14,300 years ago. Discussion of other early skeletal remains and the results of dna analysis. The oldest, most complete human skeletal remains in the new world date to about 13,000 years ago from a site in the yucatan region of eastern mexico. Kennewick man - 9,000-year-old skeletal remains from washington state. The switch to an agricultural way of life began in the holocene. Pleistocene epoch and began roughly 11,000 years ago. Refers to a relationship between humans, plants, and animals in which humans play an integral role in the protection and reproduction of plant and animal species. The process used in the domestication and refinement of plants and animals whereby human beings select which members of a species will live and produce offspring. Humans make such decisions on the basis of their needs or desires concerning the form or behaviour of the species.
