ANTH 1001 Chapter : ANTH 11 9 11
Document Summary
History: since 1890, homo erectus was first called pithecanthropus erectus. One year later, he finds a femur in a new site. Davison black finds a skull, bones, and tools in zhoukoudian cave. Jump in brain size, about 33% from habilines. Decrease in postorbital constriction, decrease in prognathism, expanded nuchal region but not a crest, teeth are smaller, dental is shape parabolic, Difference from modern humans: enlarged sot, supra-toral sulcus (a cavity above the sot) slopping forehead, football head shaped skull, widest point is at the base, Early site outside of africa, almost 1. 8 mya, fossils have primitive skulls habaline like, but more derived cranial morphology. But not the height, considered erectus but classification is controversial. the skull comes to a slight point in the sagital region, not a crest, body: taller, over 5 feet, different limb proportions, longer legs than arms, more modern morphology, Erectus migration: moved from africa to europe, georgia, asia, and java.
