ANTH 1001 Chapter : ANTH 11 28 11
Document Summary
Cranial: small skull, primitive, very similar to homo erectus and homo habalis, smaller brain, almost 1/3 size. Postcranial: short, around 3 feet, very small, half the height of an average human, big foot, long arms relative to legs, habaline ratio. Tools: used and made tools even there small brain size. Beringia: walked from eastern asia (russia) to alaska by a land bridge. Compared to modern cephalic humans, the ratios don"t match up. Shrunken erectus over time, the people got shorter due to lack of nutrients to support larger bodied beings. More similar to habalis, but they didn"t leave africa. Ice bridge was covered with grass or moss, almost tundra like. Pacific costal navigation: followed to coast line, didn"t cross 1000"s of miles of water. Followed kelp highways rich in life and absorbed waves. Safer passage northern rim of the atlantic ocean. Based off of modern artic people"s moving than open ocean.
