ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthro Test 3
Document Summary
10,000 ya to present: earth"s outer shell is subdivided into several major plates and a number of minor plates, plates move relative to one another, movement of plates influences migratory routes, climate and ecology. Plate tectonics and primate evolution: cenozoic era, north america and europe were connected to one another during the paleocene and eocene. Explains geographical distribution of early primates: africa was an island continent prior to 19 mya. Explains geographical distribution of apes during the miocene. Problem issue: colonization of madagascar by lemurs: how did lemurs colonize madagascar, madagascar was an island before the emergence of primates, theory is that lemurs colonized madagascar by crossing the mozambique. Categories of dating techniques: relative dating- organize items in rank ordered sequence, chronometric (absolute) dating- assignment of a specific age to an item. In england, by charles darwin: found mandible and parts of skull, reconstruction of piltdown.
