ANTH100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Archaic Humans, Franz Weidenreich, Lake Turkana

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH100
• Professor: Maria Liston

Document Summary

First hominid to be found outside of africa. Live in africa about 1. 6mya but not until about 1mya in asia (recent discoveries suggest. African remains are classed as h. register while asian forms remain h. erectus. 1891 eugene dubois discovers remains of what he calls pithecanthropus. 1929 davidson black finds fossil teeth at zhoukoudian cave in china, coined. Black"s work continued by his successor, franz weidenreich. Lighter and thinner jaw, and less prognathic face than earlier hominids. Fair degree of homogeneity in h. erectus specimens geographically and temporally for about 1 million years. There is some reduction in teeth and face size and a small increase in cranial capacity over this period. Discovered by leakey team at nariokotome, lake turkana. Provides evidence of prolonged development in h. erectus. Larger than oldowan tools with a set of typical shapes. Evidence of large scale fauna remains with h. erectus site. Still unclear if these are hunt or scavenge sites.