ANTH 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Homo Naledi, Homo Floresiensis, Homo Erectus

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Large increase in brain and body size. Greater reliance on hunting and animal meat. Taller, linear body and larger brain, was an energy guzzler requiring higher quality foods. These were likely cooked with fire, at least in later times, and processed with tools (evidence for use of fire): found microscopic plants in stomach content that had been boiled, scorch marks. Found on indonesian island, flores in 2003 in a cave. Fossil dates range from 74-16,000 years ago. People living in that area have myths surrounding little people lol. General current hypothesis is that it is a separate hominin species. Recent discovery of homo naledi (1,000 of bones from many individuals) Found in a south african cave no animals just tons of fossils in a chamber hell nah will i want to shimmy my way through that cave maze. Small teeth and gracile facial features indicate part of genus homo.

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