ANT 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Homo Naledi, Rising Star Cave, Neanderthal Genome Project

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Paleolithic archaeology earliest evidence of human cultural behavior. Chronology (archaeometry) relative vs absolute dating, radiopotassium and fission track dating (page 4 13 in the book) Scientific study of the fossil record pertinent to the origin and evolution of humans (hominins) and the processes and principles that apply to the study. Miocene (23. 5 5. 2 mya: origin and radiation of apes, age of apes , possible earliest hominins, sahelanthropus ~ 7 mya, orrorin ~ 6 mya. Plioscene (5. 2 1. 75 mya: origin and radiation of australopithecus and related forms, origin of the genus homo. Pleistocene (1. 75 0. 012 mya [12,000 years ago]: terminal australopithecines, radiation of homo, origin of modern people. Partial skeleton of ardipithecus ramidus from aramis, ethiopia (4. 4 mya: further bridges the morphologies of miocene apes and the australopiths. Malapa, south africa 2 partial skeletons, more to be excavated (1. 9 mya: new species australopithecus sebida, claimed to be transitional to homo.

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