BIOL301 Lecture Notes - Paleo-Indians
Document Summary
Late pleistocene by 50 kya: cultural adaptations: forage in wide range of ecosystems (cid:224) tundra and grasslands created a large niche for small and large herbivores; humans could start to hunt and trap small animals and fish, sophisticated technology (i. e. atlatl spear thrower); increased blade technology; sewing equipment; materials other than stone for tool making (i. e. ivory, antler); increased evidence of clothing and jewellery, symbolic thought complex social systems (cid:224) burials with decreased and personal items by 50 kya: anatomically modern humans spread almost everywhere (cid:224) able to survive in many different types of environments. Kennewick man: ~9000 years old, columbia, washington state in 1996, trauma embedded stone point in his pelvis, and other health problems, blunt trauma to the chest, fracture in left arm, controversial debate (cid:224) local native americans believed he was one of their ancestors and wanted to rebury his bones, but scientists wanted to study the archaeological remains.
