ANTH 1001 Lecture : Anthropology 1001 Notes 11/13/13
Document Summary
Acheulian industry: 1. 8 mya-200 kya, tools are more complex and a bit larger. A bi-face is a tool where flakes are removed from both sides of the tool to make it: hand ax , changes over time. Ancient lake bed or shore of ancient lake. Great abundance of tools and animal remains found there. Thousands of animal bones and tools have been found here. Interpretations proposed that this is where people came to make these tools, it was a hunting ground, or it was some sort of trash site. Foragers/hunters: most anthropologists believe homo-erectus were hunters. Found remains that were methodically gone through and only parts were taken like modern hunters. small groups: no evidence to prove hey were ever living in large groups. Fire: homo-erectus has use of fire: earliest evidence of fire is 1. 6 mya in south africa, heat: cooking and ability to expand into other regions that were colder.
