ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Shanidar Cave, Kebara Cave, Europe 1

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT101H5
• Professor: Sherry Fukuzawa

Document Summary

Homo erectus gave rise to a bigger brained descendent. Probably occurred in africa or western eurasia. Mosaic of h. erectus and h. sapien traits. Sima de los huesos = pit of bones. 300/200 kya - common by 100 kya. Stemmed points, composite tools, hafted spears, knives, scrapers. Carefully preparing stone core then producing finished implement with a single blow. Detach flake of predetermined size and shape. Attaching small stone bifaces and flakes to handles of wood. Thought to be the result of cold adaptation. Probably used teeth for things other than eating. Had occipital bun to help hold up head which is heavy bc of large teeth. Europe: la chapelle aux saints - south france, st. cesaire - southwest france, krapina - croatia, vindija - croatia. Southwest asia: tabun - israel, kebara - israel, shanidar - iraq, tehik-tash - uzbekistan. Neandertals and archias h. sapiens in africa and asia. Cooperation for shared accommodation & large game hunting.