ANT200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Yra, Manganese Dioxide, Eilat
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Few handaxes in asia: possibility of bamboo tools less localities for high quality stone, coarser, less fine grain, less homogenous, bamboo readily available, sharp, european handaxes only at 500,000 ya, big gap btwn homo erectus leaving africa w handaxes & handaxes showing up in dif contexts, clactonian industries did not produce handaxes, flake stone tools easier to make & carry, variations btwn africa & europe, possible reasons, rock types, social grps, grp size, ethnic identity. Kill site, processing site, & scavenging site: animal bones present: elephants, bears, bison, big rhinos, not acheulian (megaloscerus, animals perhaps too large for erectus, needed a coordinated hunt. Evolutionary scenarios: neanderthals evolved in parallel from homo erectus, possibly, neanderthals evolved from homo erectus via homo antecessor thru local intermediate species, european neanderthals from antecessor, african humans from erectus about 700,000 300,000 ya, most likely scenario, branch off from intermediate species, neanderthals evolved from homo erectus w constant gene flow (mixing) btwn neanderthals & modern humans.
