ANT-1430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Big-Game Hunting, Homo Erectus, Blombos Cave
Document Summary
Shows we lived side by side, humans and neanderthals had sex, A non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires by a system of voluntarily produced symbols. edward sapir. The capability of language to communicate about things that are not immediately present (spatially or temporally) Long-distance movement and exchange of raw materials (particularly stone) demonstrates some form of displacement. When does long-distance trade emerge in the archaeological record. Made on stone up to 15km away. Made on stone up to 60km away. Made on stone up to 200km away. Present by 400,000 bp (from schoningen, germany) Different shapes of hyoids in different animals can change what sound we make. Big difference between chimps and human hyoids. Australopithecus afarensis had a hyoid similar to chimpanzees. Gene involved in fine motor control of the larynx. Neanderthals and modern humans both have derived foxp2 variant. More evidence neanderthals could make sounds like us. Homo erectus likely has some form of coordinated communication.
