ANTH 102 1nd Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture Cultural Evolution: The Stone AgeI. Changes in DevelopmentII. Cro-Magnon ManIII. Hunting and GatheringIV. HomeV. Social AspectsVI. HuntingVII. Toolmakinga. Types of toolsVIII. SpeechIX. FireX. Homo habilisa. Environmentb. Behaviori. Hunting or scavenging?1. Hunting HypothesisXI. Homo erectusOutline of Current Lecture Homo erectusI. Acheulian handaxesII. Acheulian innovationsa. Key noveltiesIII. Controlled Use of FireIV. MigrationV. Important Findsa. Narikatome Boyb. ER 3733Current LectureHomo erectusThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.I. Acheulian handaxesa. H. erectus was an accomplished tool maker and userb. First in fossil record to show conscious design with any complexityc. Wooden tools and weapons are assumed to have existed, but none are preservedII. Acheulian innovationsa. Key noveltiesi. Shaping the entire stone to a stereotyped tool formii. Chipping stone from both sides to make a bifacial cutting edgeb. Manufacture shifted from flakes struck from a stone core to shaping bigger tools by careful, repetitive flakingc. Common stone types are quartzite, obsidian, chert and flintIII. Controlled Use of Firea. H. erectus may have been the first to use ad control fireb. This milestone occurred about 1.5myac. The control may have precipitated movement out of Africa and into the colder weather of Europe and Asiad. Fire was “invented” to cook food, scare animals and produce warmthIV. Migrationa. Earliest H. erectus found in the Rift Valleyb. Tools and campsites distributed over Africa, and by 1mya H. erectus has migratedto Asia and Europec. Recent dating places H. erectus in Caucasus and Java over 2mya, but those dates are somewhat controversialV. Important Findsa. Narikatome Boyi. Nearly complete skeleton found at Lake Turkanaii. 12 or 13 year old boyiii. 5’4” or 5’6” tall, would have been about 6’ had he lived to adulthoodb. ER 3733i. Homo ergaster femaleii. Adult, less robust face than
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