ANTHRO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rodent, Oldowan, Tool And Die Maker
19 Oct 2016
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Anthropology 100 section 2 with professor bunn. The cast of characters from 2. 5-1. 5 mya: gracile vs. robust australopithecines, australopithecus africanus & a. robustus, the genus homo: h. habilis & h. erectus. The impact of tool use in human evolution. Raymond dart and the osteodontokeratic hypothesis: bones of various kind of mammals were from (1) their diet and (2) also tools of weapon. Taung: the taung baby, re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ized (cid:271)(cid:455) ra(cid:455)(cid:373)o(cid:374)d dart i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)"s. Discovery and naming of the taung baby (a. africanus: taung baby murdered! The osteodontokeratic hypothesis: bone-tooth horn, skeletal disproportions at makapan, tools and weapons, a pre-stone stool-using period, violent, predatory life, see also african genesis, by r. ardrey. Processes affecting bones from the time an animal dies to the time that its bones are destroyed, damaged, buried in the ground, etc. Examples: carnivore, rodent, raptor, human influence, water action, physical and chemical disintegration. *s. african cave summary chart on canvas.
