ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Homo Floresiensis, Paranthropus Boisei, Neanderthal

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 101
• Professor: Brent Pav

Document Summary

Overview: early homo, out of africa i: h. erectus, archaic h. sapiens, the neandertals, modern humans, the advent of behavioral modernity, advances in technology, glacial retreat, settling the americas, homo floresiensis. Early homo: h. rudolfensis and h. habilis. Skull knm-er 1470 demonstrated large brain and very large molars became h. rudolfensis: dating the skull is problematic either 1. 8 or 2. 4 m. y. a. Several kinds of hominin lived in africa before and after homo: h. habilis and h. erectus: H. habilis dates to 1. 8 mya: small brained a. boisei and h. habilis skulls from same time, h. erectus skulls (1. 6 mya) show increased brain and complexity, and modern body shape and height. Recent hominin fossil finds in ileret, kenya: h. habilis and h. erectus overlapped in time, h. erectus sexual dimorphism greater than expected. H. erectus: biological and cultural changes enabled new adaptive strategy gathering and hunting. H. erectus pushed hominin range beyond africa to asia and europe: paleolithic tools.