ANTH 1001 : ANTH 1001 (Listi) Notes TEST 3/FINAL
Document Summary
Osteological terms: 206 bones in an adult system, cranial- skull, mandible. Hominid- referring to anything in the family hominidae. Hominin- refers to the sub-family homininae, or it can refer to the tribe hominine: the big 3 - didn"t happen at same time, obligate bipedality- humans are mainly bipedal. This is the way humans get around: brain size- by correlation the shape of the skull, culture- learned behavior, beyond material culture, non simultaneous- did not occur simultaneously, obligate bipedality is seen first. Freeing the hands: so that you can carry things while moving. Man the hunter - hunting and use of weapons=driving force for bipedality. Woman the gatherer - women gathering was also a driving force for bipedality. Better view of open country- see further, see predators, locate resources. Energy efficiency- bipedality uses less energy, especially for long distances. Lumpers and splitters (how fossil record is interpreted) Lumpers: paleoanthropologists who combine fossils into fewer species.
