ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Human Taxonomy, Cro-Magnon, Homo Sapiens
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Topic 3: homo sapiens ( end of chapter 3 & chapter 4) Fact: we used to be called homo sapiens sapiens. Homo sapiens : we date back to : 200,000 bp to present. Early: africa 200,00 to 70, 000 bp. Late: global (everything but antarctica) - 70,000 to 0 bp. Late // skhul 5 (a progressive neandarthal) and dates back to. Late // cro magnon which dates back to 15,000 bp. {skeletal anatomy} of homo sapien post-cranial modern brain 1200 -1400 cc brow ridges pronounced decreased prognathism (mouth gets smaller) Homo sapiens skull info: foramen magnum forward f. m means: the hole in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes: smaller teeth the had a chin. The multiregional model is an explanation of patterns over human evolution. The model hypothesizes that humans appeared during the. The african replacement model on the other hand says that our direct ancestors speciated from africa and migrated from them.
