ANTC17H3 Lecture Notes - Australopithecine, Zooarchaeology, Ardipithecus
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Trait shared by two or more species through inheritance from a common ancestor. Trait shared by two or more species that is similar in function but unrelated evolutionarily. Large canine teeth = male competition over females. Food sharing - contradicts ideas about survival of the fittest; socially based. 5my divergence; traits probably already existed in a common ancestor. Everything from the split onward will have this, including australopithecines. Implication of home bases with groups going out to get resources and coming back. Subsist on what is naturally available; no agriculture or domestication aside from dogs. High levels of mobility because of a search for food, hunt in seasonal cycles. Only division of labour is between the sexes. H-g until about 12,000 years ago with agricultural revolution. Multiple individuals living for a time of up to three years. Assumed that all calories men were consuming came from hunting, but majority of caloric intake came from the women gathering.
