ANT 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mousterian, Shanidar Cave, Australopithecus Anamensis
12 Oct 2017
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Textbook: chapters 3-5 (remember, exams are built around lecture material. Use the book strategically to help support your understanding of material covered in lectures). Use the summary and keywords at the end of each chapter as a guide to what is most important. Videos: review your notes for these videos (1) becoming human series (first steps; birth of humanity; last human standing) focus on the last one. The others are reinforcement for lectures and readings. (2) ted talks jane goodall: what separates us from chimpanzees? (3) inside the animal mind: intelligence. Skeletal indicators of bipedalism: foramen magnum, pelvis, femoral structure, knee, foot. Primate characteristics-major categories of primates (prosimians vs. anthropoids) Important terms: sexual dimorphism, nocturnal, diurnal, prehensile, brachiation, pendactylism, -complex behavior and potential implications for brain size/intelligence. September 29: australopithecines continued & emergence of homo habilis and tool- making. Australopithecus paleospecies, timeline, and review of early hominine evolution.
