ANT 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Paranthropus Aethiopicus, Pelvis, Sivapithecus
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Lecture 17: late hominins: homo heidelbergensis (600-100 kya, distinct from homo erectus but still retaining many erectus-like features. Traits shared with homo erectus: occipital torus. In asia, homo erectus persists until perhaps as late as 30,000 years in some places: homo floresiensis ( the hobbits , discovered in 2003 in flores, indonesia, key traits: Perhaps as old as 18,000 years or more and persisting until about. Possibly died out as a result of volcanic eruptions (they lived on an island, so there was no other place to go) Likely underwent the process of insular drawfing common among animals living on small isolated islands: natural selection possibly favored the smaller body sizes in absence of predators, homo neanderthalensis (neanderthals) In europe, homo heidelbergensis evolves into homo neanderthalensis. In 1856, a famous discovery was made at a place called neanderthal (now spelled neandertal) neander valley.
