ANTH 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Megantereon, Homotherium, Dinofelis
13 Sep 2016
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Varves are layers of sediment found in lakes, record annual variation and seasonal changes. Loess is sediment of blown slit or blown sand, develops a thickness that shows environmental variation. The various thickness of these levels will tell you about the temperature of the environment of a specific year. Go back in time and look at specific events using tree rings. Parts of plants that are made out of silica. Makes certain parts of plants difficult to consume, (ex: grass. Show different kind of water qualities, nitrogen levels, temperature levels. Separated into basic categories, grazers: animals that prodomitly eat grass (sunny), browsers: animals that prodomitly eat leaves (rainy), mixed feeders: animals that eat both. Homotherium, megantereon: size of a lion, realty long canines. Dinofelis: size of a leopard, known as a false sabertooth. The first had saber-like canines, were the false sabertooth only had elongated canines.
