ANT 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Homo Habilis, Olduvai Gorge, Homo Rudolfensis
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In 1986, it received its own species named h. rudolfensis, from the lake near where it was found. A team headed by l. s. b and mary leakey discovered the first representative of homo habilis at olduvai gorge in tanzania in 1960. Boisei fossil (average 490 cm^3) and h. habilis skulls, with cranial capacities between 600 and 700 cm^3. Given these finds, the fossil record for early homo in east africa must be revised as follows: rudolfensis, h. habilis, and h. erectus. Toolsmaking got more sophisticated soon after the advent of h. erectus. The earliest tools of the achelean type associated with h. erectus comes form the site of. These tools show signs of symmetry, uniformity, and planning. Finally, average cranial capacity expanded from about 500 cm^3 in australopithecines to. Hominins migrated out of africa in multiple waves. The stone toolmaking techniques that evolved out of the oldwan tradition, and that lasted until about 15,000 years ago, are described as paleolithic.
