ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Homo Rudolfensis, Olduvai Gorge, Richard Leakey
heliakhibari and 40061 others unlocked
49
ANT100Y1 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
49 documents
Document Summary
Test chapter 5, 8, 9, and 10 (no dating methods) a lot on australopithecine homo. Homo habilis direct link to humans, used standardized tools. Cranial anatomy early homo in comparison to australopithecines. Back teeth still quite large (but < australopithecines) Must know tool technology for each homo species. Opportunistic tools 5 2. 5 mya items not shaped/standardized at all, just used. Manuports: unaltered objects carried some distance before use. Made of material not naturally found in environment. (a rock that is not naturally from the environment) 2: requires a complex, abstract thought process. Large rock that you strike the cobble against or place the cobble on. Breaks off cobble (rock with piece broken off, has an edge) New additions to diet: meat lead to enhanced diet. Diet including meat despite reduced dentition group sharing scavenging. Probably resulted from an adaptation to a new environment. For all tool technologies, need to know defining species, dates,