ANTH 3512 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cranial Vault, Facial Skeleton, Mental Foramen
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Location: europe, middle east, siberia: major sites: germany, la chapelle (france), shanidar (iraq), kebora (israel) Features: brain size: 1500cc, postcrania: cold adapted and robust, mousterion tool tradition, hunting fire. Dentition: large, shovel shaped incisors, anterior tooth wear, enlarged pulp chambers (taroudant, extreme dental attrition on all adult specimens used as tools possibly to help make clothes. Greater cortical bone thickness: the pelvis. Mediolaterally broad- similar to early/middle pleistocene homo. Distal phalanx of the thumb is nearly as long as proximal. Hand well suited for powerful grasping: body proportions. For mammals of a single species living in diverse climate zones: Allen"s rule: distal limb segments will get shorter in the individuals living in colder environments. Bergmann"s rule: body mass will increase in the individuals living in colder environments. Features: severe physical trauma including atrophied right arm and leg, crushing injury to left eye. Conclusion: someone took care of this individual post injury- all adult.
