ANTH 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stone Tool, Makapansgat, Bog Body
15 Feb 2017
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Ozette: coastal village that was covered by a mudslide. Started to become uncovered around 40 years ago. Bog people: northern europe, around 400 bc. Preserved well from the acidity found in the bogs, think of being pickled, however because of the acidity the bones have dissolved. Pompeii: human remains where not preserved but cast in ash. Footprints from around 3. 5 million years ago was preserved in hardened ash, oldest known footprints in existence. 14,000 bp south-central oregon some extremely old shit was found in a very dry cave. Distinguishing c-transforms from n-transforms (and from each other) Raymond dart and the sites of taung and makapansgat. Found a skull in a cave, looked a lot like a young chimpanzee, but had some humanoid features. Figured out it was a bipedal creature. Did not have sharp canines, which is a key feature for chimpanzees and other apes, as it was needed for defence.
