ANTHROP 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Clovis Culture, Blombos Cave, Zhoukoudian
1 Dec 2016
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Neandertal contemporaries: israel = amhs 90,000 years ago, qafzeh, simple, mousterian tools, simple burials. Co-existence and transition: last neandertals in spain = 27 kya, first tool tradition of upper paleolithic = aurignacian at 40 kya with amhs, blades, bone, antler and ivory. Denisovans: neither amhs or neandertal; diverged from neandertals 300 kya, siberia, highest dna contributions in australians (4 6%) Flat cheekbones; low nasal profile; incisor shoveling: australia = h. erectus in java evolve into archaics in java into. Amhs in australia: browridges; flat frontal bone; angled occipital, central europe = progressive neandertals, out of africa with admixture, templeton (2004, more than mtdna, today, many loci, two amhs migrations from africa. Anthro 3300: 130,000 years ago, 60,000 years ago. Summary: modern humans first appeared in africa, possibly two waves, likely admixture, modern humans symbolic/artistic expression also first appears in africa.
