ANT201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo Antecessor, Homo Erectus
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Homo erectus fossils are rare after 400,000 years ago. Last evidence from ngandong on java about 110,000 years ago. Replaced by levallois tools in eurasia and msa tools in. Earliest fossil of homo in europe dated to 800,000 years ago at atapuerca in spain. Acheulian tool user and descendant of homo erectus. Fossils from europe 500,000 years ago, but also suspected to live in africa and europe 700-200,000 years ago. Acheulean tool user and likely descendant of homo erectus. Potential ancestor to both neanderthals in eurasia and. Robust crania with brain size comparable to both species. Gap in fossil record prevents naming homo sapiens as direct. Lecture #5: transitions from archaic to in europe dated to 800,000 years ago. Fossils from europe 500,000 years ago, but also suspected to. Gap in fossil record prevents naming homo sapiens as direct descendent. 450,000 year old skull of homo heidelbergensis at sima de los huesos, spain shows evidence of blunt force trauma.
