ANTH 196 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Prognathism, Homo Habilis, Bipedalism
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Taphonomy: study of what happens to something after it dies. Louis leakey: discovered new species of fossil in n. tanzania, after about 2mya h. habilis (cid:862)ha(cid:374)dy(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they used tools. Found first h. habilis at oldurai gorge in 1960s. Knew difference because there was no sagittal crest, smaller molar teeth, found close in association with tools. Named h. habilis because large brain size & use of tools: africanus. Basic tool types: hammers, choppers core type tools. 17b: intro to the genus homo ii: erectus dentation: shovel shaped incisors. Advantage of fire control: predator deterrence: heidelbergensis tools: levallois tools, erectus: First fossil found by eugene dubois: found skull & femur. Fossils found at zhoukodian: date 460 230 kya, shows possibility of fire control: Warmth, cooking, tool making, illumination, predator deterrence. Found turkana boy: 11-12 years old, 1. 6 mya, complete skeleton & cranium. African h. erectus h. ergaster: heidelbergensis:
