ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Klasies River Caves
Document Summary
They are still developing: homo ergaster-mostly from east africa, homo erectus. 1. 9 mya+ from lake turkana oldest from of homo erectus. The back of the skull is almost pointy: bony brow ridges. Long low brain case, prominent brow ridges, large jaw. 1300cc: homo ergaster mostly in east africa-lower end of cranial capacity. Nariokatome boy skeleton: most complete, 12 year old boy- based on dental. Taller than modern human: well adapted to equatorial life, when u live in the equator u want to be tall then thing so u can increase the skins surface are so u can sweat. Tool industry: when u moved towards cold body shrinks. They have extra muscle in the back of their neck maybe to help them run faster. Same hand ax in england and africa: acheulian 1. 3 mya, bifacial hand axes, desterous hands, higher level of cognition-abstract thought, no idea what it was used for, not found in eastern china, different in size-socially symbolic.
