ANTHROP 2FF3 Chapter Notes -Archaic Humans, Homo Heidelbergensis, Big-Game Hunting
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The origins, evolution & dispersal of modern people. Importance of identifying modern humans via binomial nomenclature. Archaic homo sapiens / homo sapiens heidelbergensis: our species with subtle differences, skeletal and developmental/cognitive/linguistic differences. Homo heidelbergensis: a species from us within the genus homo, some may have speciated and become modern homo sapiens, heidelbergensis was the branch point (to neaderthalensis/sapiens) Had a mixture of older and newer traits. Low cranial vault (or forehead: a non-pentagonal shaped head from the back (i. e. no more flare of skull, decrease in both size of molars and robusticity of cranium. Europe, western asia and the middle east. Included the mousterian stone age: was considered to be the post-acheulean stone tool industry, note: core prepare technique- kapthurin, kenya. E. g- when flakes taken off= refined to become a projectile point. Caves and rock overhangs = common shelter. Open air sites- literally open- in terra amata (france)- 400,000 ya.