ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hammerstone, Mary Leakey, Levantine Corridor
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1st hominin species to exist outside of africa. Extensive geographical spread throughout the old world. Best collection of 600k - 300k yr old hominids ever found. Minimum 40 individuals - adult male, female & subadults. Issues at turkana - h. ergaster or h. erectus: large amount of variation. Inconsistencies in the chronological transition of morphological changes from h. 780 1225 cc (1000 cc average) Teeth larger than modern human, but smaller than h. habilis. From behind, skull widest at the base. 3 stage transition (mary leakey, 1975: increased sophistication in oldowan (proto biface, coexistence of oldowan and acheulean, disappearance of oldowan and further development of acheulean. Late acheulean - new technique: soft hammer percussion (baton) Involved using a bone or antler punch to hit the edge of the flint core producing shallow flake scars. Originated in africa - approx 1. 7 mya. Middle east (ubeidiya, israel) - 1 mya. Ne pakistan - 400,000 730,000 ya.
