APY 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Homo Heidelbergensis, External Occipital Protuberance, PeΘtera Cu Oase
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(781- 126 kya: starting with archaic" homo sapiens: homo heidelbergensis (500 -100kya) What is anatomically modern? a. b. c. d. e. f. Two competing models: multiregionalism, gene flow between homo erectus populations across old world, predictions. Genetics: single ancient origin for all humans today. Archaeology: abrupt changes in technology in africa. Genetics single recent origin (in africa) for all modern humans. Oldest fossils in africa and discontinuity across regions: omo. I. the earliest modern human found in africa or anywhere. Ii. much more robust and less modern in morphology. Also found child skull 6-7 years old. With some modern and pre-modern characteristics, is mostly modern africa. Fossil record: europe: skuhl, mt. carmel (110-90 kya) and quafzeh (60-40 kya) I. predates later spread of homo sapiens into asia i: cro-mangon (28 kya, pestera cu oase, romania (41. 5-39. 5 kya) burials are very anatomically modern some scientists wonder if homo sapiens interbred with neanderthals, who lived in.