ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Anatomically Modern Human, Homo Erectus, Mitochondrial Eve

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AA3
• Professor: Tracy Prowse

Document Summary

H. erectus evolved into h. sapiens, and has the widest distribution of any other hominid species, other than humans! Also called the recent african origin of modern humans model . Holds that h. sapiens evolved in one area of the world first, and migrated to other regions (figure 5. 6b on page243 shows this) Called a replacement model because h. sapiens were contemporaries (a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another) of h. erectus but eventually replaced them. They were both on genetically different lineages. Current replacement view: h. heidelbergensis was an intermediate species between h. erectus and h. sapiens this species (in europe and asia) became extinct/turned into h. sapiens. According to this model: the gradual evolution of h. erectus into modern h. sapiens took place in various parts of asia, africa, and europe at the same time (figure 5. 6a on page243 shows this)