ANTH 1001 Chapter : ANTH 11 16 11
Document Summary
Mid facial projection (focused around nasal opening) nasal opening is tall, wide, and projecting. Occipital bun- a boney projection in the rear of the skull, not hair, actually bone. Retro molar space- space behind the third molars in the mandible. Deep torso (barrel chested) shortened forelimbs (elbow to wrist and knee to ankle) very robust muscle attachments. Lots of bones show breaking before death indicating an active life style. Neanderthal geography: only in europe, middle east, and western asia. None found in africa, eastern asia, or australia. Levallois technique: distinctive method of creating stone tools in this era. Blades showing up, twice as long as it is wide. Abundance of animal remains at sites of neanderthals. Fox p2: isolated gene focused on language use. Pigment gene for creations of melatonin, same variant that inhibits production of black and brown pigment, but not red.
