ANT101H5 Chapter 8: Chapter #8 (Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Methods)
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Hominin: a member of the tribe hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives. Humans have a great elaboration and dependence on culture. For humans, culture is a fundamental adaptive strategy involving cognitive, political, social, and economic components. Protohominins: the earliest members of the hominin lineage, as yet only poorly represented in the fossil record; thus the reconstruction of their structure and behaviour is largely hypothetical, lived approximately 7-5 mya. Paleoanthropology: the study of fossil hominins. Artifacts: objects or materials made or modified for use by hominins. The earliest identified artifacts are made of stone, but hominin tool use is probably older than these artifacts: the earliest artifact sites now documented are from the gona and bouri areas in. Geologists do the initial surveys to locate potential early hominin sites: paleontologists are usually involved in this early survey work for they can help find fossil beds containing faunal remains.
