ANTH 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Biological Anthropology, Encephalization, Homo Erectus
22 Dec 2020
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Early maturity and higher fertility seem like better strategies for fitness. Our brains need time to develop to do all the things it can do. Raising offspring when resources are scarce is not ideal. Must be able to adapt in order to survive. Life strategy as a response to their limited stochastic environment. Orangutans are an example of a jhgbhfdjaksdfk to a stochastic. Watch out for predators, getting eaten or killed by something. ~50 years old in humans and toothed whales. More similar to a chimp than a modern human. Discuss where we"ve been and where we"re going. Describe the features that characterize the genus homo. Compare and contrast homo and other contemporary genera at the transition from. First names by linneause based on modern humans-homo sapiens. Many other hominins in existence including: au. Sediba, africanus, p. robustus and p. boisei as well as the new hominins h. rudolfensis and habilis.
