ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Ardipithecus, Neanderthal, Homo Erectus
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Archaeology: the study of human history and pre history the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts & other physical remains. Biological: the science of human zoology, evolution and ecology. Bog bodies = turned to leather, mummification. Paleoanthropology = fossil species of ancestors, homo floresiensis. Social/cultural: the comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development. Linguistics: scientific study of language and its structure including the study of morphology. Processes and mechanisms learn it for next week. Archaeological methods: how we know where, when, how. chronological methods to figure out how old things are. Primates: films on our closest relatives behaviors, kinship, locomotive. First bipeds-fossils: ardipithecus and the australopithecines= brains got bigger, stood up, used tools 3 most important trends. Origins of homo and cultural tools: expansion of brains, access to tools. Homo erectus & homo neanderthalensis: films and discussions. Complex civilizations= how complexity spans, more tools buildings, states, urban centres today.
