ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Upper Paleolithic, Sedentism, Encephalization
8 Nov 2016
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Modern humans and the upper paleolithic (in europe & late pleistocene: ~ 45 kya (europe: plant and animal domestication, sedentism and food production, urbanization and complexity. Modern homo sapiens and the upper paleolithic in europe. 45 kya, anatomically modern humans coexisted with archaic in europe. By 25 kya, only modern h. sapiens. Modern homo sapiens and upper paleolithic first anatomically modern: cro-magnon: high forehead, more rounded cranium, smaller teeth and jaws, more gracile. Blade technology: long, parallel-sided (length greater than or equal to 2 x width) Efficiency measured in length of cutting edge per weight inches per pound. Spear-throwers, or atlatls- used to kill at distances over 25 m. With atlatls and bow and arrow, importance of body size and strength in hunting decreased. Explosion in quantity and quality in upper paleolithic, particularly after ~45kyr. Personal ornamentation: greater than or equal to 41 kya in:
