ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Spear-Thrower, Upper Paleolithic, Homo Sapiens Idaltu

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Meghan Buchanan

Document Summary

Originates in africa (descended from h. ergaster) Thought to be predecessor of other archaic h. sapiens (neanderthals) Appearance of neaderthal traits 400,000 to 28,000 ya. Very large brains: 1465 cc on average. Archaic homo sapiens tools stone tool technology advanced. Uses a prepared core technique to manufacture the tools (called levallois technique) neaderthal incisors as tools. Most neanderthals have unusual wear patterns on their upper incisors, suggesting they used their front teeth frequently as tools. Evidence from skeletons of prey animals suggest skilled hunters. Many individuals had old wounds, indicating they were cared for. Some were seriously injured, and would likely have needed help to survive: elderly that had lost all their teeth had arthritis, suggests someone cared for them, provided them food. Rise of the anatomically modern homo sapiens (amhs)- physical characteristics (cid:858)(cid:374)o(cid:859) o(cid:272)(cid:272)ipital (cid:271)u(cid:374) Forehead rises vertically above the eye orbits and does not slope back like ahs small brow ridges. Ma(cid:374)y features are (cid:858)relative(cid:859) or rather su(cid:271)je(cid:272)tive.