Anthropology 1026F/G Midterm: Midterm #2 - study Questions and Notes Weeks 8 - 12
16 Oct 2011
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Week eight - between homo erectus and homo sapiens. An increase in brain size (early homo approximately 900 cc, heidelbergensis specimens approximately. A shift from the widest part of the brain case from the cranial base to the parietal regions. The rear of the cranial vault becomes more vertical. A tendency for a shift from shorter more robust stature to taller more leaner bodies. Had more pronounced versions of cranial features of h. heildelbergensis. Brow ridges were still large but were more curved to the shape of the eyes as opposed of the straight line that goes across the forehead. Bones were more robust and have heavier muscles markings than their modern counterparts. Larnyx of neandratals was higher in throat than in modern humans. Elaboration of levallois stone making technique to the mousterian technique. +mousterian: a tool-making tradition associated with the european neathdertals; involved careful retouching of flakes taken off cores.
