ANTH 1220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Anatomically Modern Human, Sub-Saharan Africa, Levallois Technique

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1220
• Professor: Ellen R.Judd

Document Summary

Lomoar cpsd| 987298 scraper, hand axes first hominids to haft. 200 000 years ago stone core made by removing chip from top and sides flakes struck from core to create specialized tools clear understanding of symmetry enhanced cognitive ability mostly meat nutritional stress edible recourse scarce . Evidence of care for burial = evidence for religion . Greater intelligence appearance of art, better communication system (oldest human 5 mya (chimpanzee/human split 6 mya. 1350 cc smaller and more efficient package similar to move from room sized computers to desk tops can process the same or better but in smaller package. Post-cranial differences between neanderthal and amhs (anatomically modern homo sapiens) Origin of modern races move out of africa. Move to near east, 60 tya = unsuccessful. Africa once o sometime between 150-100 tya: spread out into europe/asia replacing pre-modern humans (archaics) and remnant groups of homo erectus (jews are endogamous jews marry other jews)