ANT203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Archaic Humans, Homo Erectus, Oldowan
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Important to note that homo erectus did not only eat meat. They probably gained most calories from gathering roots, tubers, fruits, etc. Were the hominins using fire h. erectus: wonderwerk cave, south africa, burnt bone and plant ashes associated with acheulean tools: 1mya, more recent conclusive evidence: israel, 790kya, zhoukoudian, china. Homo erectus first appeared in east africa around 1. 9mya migrated to europe around. 1. 8mya and from there rapidly spread to asia. During this time certain h. erectus populations evolved into archaic homo sapiens . Heterogeneous period between h. erectus and h. sapiens long time frame and wide geographical variability. Different interpretations about classification: archaic h. sapiens, homo heidelbergensis, homo antecessor and h. heidelbergensis, everything should be called homo sapiens. *in this course everything that is not h. naledi, h. floresiensis, and h. neanderthalensis, is archaic h. sapiens. Bodo ethiopia, 600kya: associated with acheulean-style tools, robust cranium, with thick cranial walls, separated browridges, 1300cc.
