ANT200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homo Erectus, Prepared-Core Technique, Middle Paleolithic
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Koobi fora: a lot of density of occupation. Acheulian: handles and cleavers: tool design. This represents and advance: handaxes were the dominant tool. In the nihewan basin in china, the tools are barely recognizable as tools. It seems confusing that why the handle invention doesn"t spread everywhere. At sima de los huesos atapuerca, there is evidence that the dead were intentionally disposed of in a fashion that throws them into a hole. Neanderthals have a similar sized brains to modern humans. Neanderhals have longer skulls than modern humans. The base of the cranium is at for neanderthals. The face is prognathic: it juts forward. The geographic range of neanderthals was across europe, near east, western asia. Neanderthals are not adapted to a speci c climate, the are able to adapt to a wide. Francois bordes says that he can make a whole typology of akes that are literally all the same thing.
