ANTH 102 Lecture 3: ANTH102_Lecture03_Outline
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September 15, 2017: a new species in the human lineage - The earliest known: nariokotome (site kenya) one of the most important sites because an almost complete skeleton of a homo erectus was found about 1. 6 mya by kamoya kimeu and richard. Leakey: olorgesailie (site kenya) 900 700 kya (thousand years ago). There is very clear evidence for hunting of baboons by homo erectus. Of the moment, use it once and get rid of it. Pleistocene climate change and hominin adaptations: lasts from 2. 0 mya at to 10 kya, climate fluctuates between glacial (cold-dry) and interglacial (warm moist) Breaking news: recently discovered atapuerca region finds may date even earlier, 1. 2 mya. Atapuerca: sima de los huesos ( pit of bones ) Homo erectus appears in africa, begins to migrate out of africa. Homo erectus is already present in china and southeast asia. Homo erectus is present in western asia (dmanisi site)
