MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homo Sapiens, Common Descent, Bipedalism
5 Oct 2016
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Inclusive approach to history that doesn"t use writing as a sense of demarcation (a. iii. 1. a) (a. iii. 1. b) Using anthropology to understand physical and cultural evolution: early hominid evolution b. i) common ancestry with other primates (b. i. 1) (b. i. 2) Human deviation from other primates between 4-7 mya(million years ago) b. ii) Warming trend, reduction of forest land/creation of more open plains/savannahs (b. ii. 2) 50% increase in brain size compared to australopithecus (b. ii. 3) Homo erectus 1. 9 mya to 140,000 years ago (b. ii. 3. a) (b. ii. 3. b) (b. ii. 3. c) Starting around 1 mya began migrating out of africa. Change in vocal structure (b. ii. 3. c. i) wider range of sound b. ii. 3. c. i. 1. Indicates more complex language system: multi-regionalism vs. out of africa hypothesis c. i) multi-regionalism argument (c. i. 1) Suggests groups of homo-erectus migrated into different parts(some stayed in the same) of the world before evolving into homo sapiens. Research into mitochondrial dna in humans mitochondrial eve c. ii) (c. ii. 1) (c. ii. 2) Emergence as homo sapiens relatively recent 250,000-200,00 years ago.
