ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Homo Habilis, Paleomagnetism, Homininae
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Excavation area: standing in an excavation pit doing a profile. Measuring earth"s magnetic field (paleomagnetic) through various methods shows the last layer was deposited 1. 5 mill years ago. evidence for use of fire is very important. changed the way society organized itself. By end of today: difference between biological evolution and human evolution (cultural evolution) Origins of art: the magic is that they were found in situ (in their context), this is the important part. take home message: we do 2 things. 1: we talk about the big issues. (when did art work begin, when did language begin, when did domestication begin). large scale questions about human prehistory. Difference between cultural evolution and biological evolution. linear process. We are programmed to see linear progress. but we know it"s not like that. Genus (pl. genera) homo humans and immediate ancestors family homonoidea (hominoids) humans, organizations, gorillas, chimpanzees, and gibbons. Members of the apes analysis of genetic similarities between species.
