ANTHRO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: East Los Angeles College, Homo Heidelbergensis, Prognathism
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The middle pleistocene beginning of ice age. Eurasia is covered in ice no vegetation. Found same locations as h. erectus, but not on northern asia. Oldest findings are found in africa and europe; later ones are in asia. Primitive low skull, more prognathic, large brow ridges, no chin. Derived large brains (1200-1300cc), higher foreheads, more rounded cranium. Used for shaping the flakes only not a tool. 25 kya in france, force horses down the cliff. 400 kya in germany, found wooden spears (>2m), stone tools and horse. Discovered around the time of darwin"s origin of species. Found more fossils in 1908 still seen as apes, rather than human species. 120-12 kya ice age with periods of advancing and retreating ice sheets. Much of the neanderthals range in time and geographical area associated with cold climates and ice age. Sea level is initially low uk is part of the continent. Found in caves harder to find for archaeologists.
