ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Homo Erectus, Turkana Boy, Sagittal Crest
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Anthropology lesson 6 homo erectus and floresiensis. Early hominins are different from modern human (longer arms, smaller brains, different looking) homo erectus are similar to modern human. Born into area of evolution was a topic of debate. It is a matter of social context on general public. Africa is the place to look for fossils. He thought asia was a more likely source of human origins (indonesia) to prove evolution does happen. He looked into caves but there inhibited many tigers. Moved to java and looked into river banks. What they found in 1891, 2 specimens that created a story that it was evidence of human ancestry. The femur was angled which means that this was a later form of human evolution. The head was primitive in terms of size. We do not really know how old this stuff is. There is another site in java called sangiran. It dates back to 1. 6 mil years ago.