L48 Anthro 150A Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Encephalization Quotient, Archaic Humans, Omo Kibish Formation
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Review for exam december 15th, 7-9pm rebstock 215. Then everywhere: major sites: omo (east africa) klasies and border (south africa) Qafzeh (israel: 200 kya-today, 200 kya humans likely diverged from homo heidelbergensis, brain size: 1350 cc, postcrania: like us, culture: upper paleolithic! Art, design, symbolism, at some point language developed. Omo kibish skulls, 195 kya: distinct round, human-like skull. Herto skull 160 kya (ethiopia: agreement between fossil record and molecular record, our species emerges in africa about 200 kya, we do not see human species outside of africa at this time yet. Neanderthal and modern human comparison: cranium: archaic humans is a catch-all term for things that are not homo sapiens but have a lot of human-like characteristics (ex: Neanderthals: human skulls have high, round cranium with tall forehead, in. There is no good reason from anatomy to think that there is a strong difference between species. But if we look at culture, there is big difference.
