ANT100Y1 Lecture : Biology-Lecture 5-Chapter 9-Homo Erectus and Archaic Homo Sapiens Chapter 10-Modern Homo Sapiens

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Marcel Danesi

Document Summary

First hominin to be found outside africa (europe and asia 2 mya) Chapter 9: homo erectus and archaic homo sapiens. O homo erectus-> early samples of homo sapiens. O dubois found: pithecanthropus erectus (erect ape man) O koenigswald: more homo erectus fossils found in java from about 1 mya. O black: 1929- evidence of first peking man skull (china) O not until 1950s were homo erectus skulls found in n africa. O since then have been found in e africa (tanzania, kenya) O oldest known specimen of homo erectus found by leakey, kenya, dates back 1. 78 mya. O skull: long, low, thickly walled, flat frontal area, prominent brow ridges. O sagittal keel: an inverted v-shaped running along the top of the skull. O occipital torus: a ridge bone running horizontally across the back of the skull in apes and some hominins. O taurodontism: having teeth with an enlarged pulp cavity.