ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Homo Heidelbergensis, Oldowan, Acheulean
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243 all evidence for fire has been overturn. Wonderworks cave in south africa great evidence for controlled fire use. Not habitual and just occasional because there is not consistent evidence. Based on brain structure, it is possible for speech but not as complex. We just do not have the evidence. Early homo to homo erectus was a quick evolutionary change. 600, 000 year ago or earlier, we see the beginning of one or more transitional species that are grouped together as pre-moderns. Transitions from homo erectus to modern humans is much more complex because it is closer in time to us and much more gradual. This transition is problematic in eastern asia because we know less about it. Cultural transitions are distinctive enough where we practice the cultural complexes and give them names. *** what tool tradition and hominins are associated with the lower. Paleolithic, middle paleolithic and to some extent the upper paleolithic.
