THTR 1001 Lecture : Anthro Notes
Document Summary
Ardipithecus ramidus: paleospecies, relatively grasile skull, ape-like but not necessarily chimp-like. Hand ax - bi-face flaked, larger, standard all purpose tool (homo erectus) Olorgesaille- important site because of volume of artifacts (stone tools and butchered animal remains) found there. Fire? yes but still not clear if they could create it or control it like they wanted to. Fire provides heat, light, protection from predators, gathering point for community activities. Zhoukoudian (homo erectus)-represents asian pattern, bigger, thicker bone, more robust in muscle attachment sites; more recent. Knm er 3733 (homo ergaster)-african, smaller, thinner bones, less robust compared to asian form; more older. Early archaic h. sapiens - they don"t quite look like us. More globe shaped head, but not quite baseball head. Acheulian industry: smaller, more complex, can deduce functionality, awls(has a point on it; used to punch holes in things), scrapers(used for scraping), burins(has a point on it; used for carving, regional diversity, found 6ft spear shafts.
