ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hunter-Gatherer, Adaptive Radiation, Australopithecus
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Skulls and teeth intimately acquainted with eating. Insectivores eat insects: frugivores eat fruits, omnivores, folivores herb specialize in eating leaves, protein was the main source of energy, behavioral evidence why they eat what they eat. Last common ancestor: lived b/w 7-5 mya, adaptive radiation happened org diversified into other forms, major env change meteor hitting the earth, hominids adaptive radiation happened 1. 5 3 mya. Homo sapiens 2. 5 2. 8 mya: massive time depth. Possibly bipedal: osteodontokeratic culture bone tooth horn culture, human ancestors using bones and shit as tools as weapons and exploiting the env, standing up to carry weapons. Hunting hypothesis: 50s- 70s, activity of hunting distinguishes human ancestors from others, maybe violence is in our genes, opposition: Alt hyp: feminist hypothesis gathering is the driving force od evolution, we could"ve also stood up to gather rather than hunt, another big idea, don"t have a lot of evidence.
