ANT 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Atapuerca Mountains, Middle Pleistocene, Homo Heidelbergensis
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Vocabulary: middle pleistocene: the portion of the pleistocene epoch beginning 780,000 ya and ending 125,000 ya, late pleistocene: the portion of the pleistocene epoch beginning 125,000 ya and ending approximately. 10,000 ya: glaciations: climatic intervals when continental ice sheets cover much of the northern continents. Glaciations are associated with colder temperatures in northern latitudes and more arid conditions in southern latitudes, most notably in africa: interglacials: climatic intervals when continental ice sheets are retreating, eventually becoming much reduced in size. Neanderthals, and distinguished by technological innovation in various stone tool industries. This industry is characterized by a larger proportion of ake tools than is found in acheulian tool kits. Introduction: neanderthals were actually quite advanced, brains at least as large as ours, many sophisticated cultural capabilities, fully erect. When, where, and what: most premodern humans lived during the middle and late pleistocene.
