ANTH 1102 1ST Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture I Pleistocene 2 5 MYA to 11 KYA II With increase in brain size among hominins there are trade offs III IV V VI VII Big brains and bipedalism don t mix but Mid Pleistocene 1 8 MYA to 300 000 YA H erectus 1 8 MYA 143 KYA Long Distance Migration Late Pleistocene 300 KYA 11 KYA Outline of Current Lecture I Late Pleistocene 300 KYA 11 KYA II Species categories WE INVENT III Neanderthals are sometimes classified in different species Current Lecture Recent Hominins and the Peopling of the Old World Late Pleistocene 300 KYA 11 KYA One species or four Denisovians disappeared 30 KYA Neanderthals disappeared 30 KYA H sapiens sapiens arose 200 KYA H florensiensis Hobbits disappeared 13 KYA discovered on island of Flores Indonesia Species categories WE INVENT One way to determine species is the ability to breed and have viable offspring These 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 However this line becomes uncertain because of overlap of species in territories Neanderthals are sometimes classified in different species Debate on whether Neanderthals should be classified as the Homo genus Homo neanderthalensis or a subspecies of Homo sapiens Neanderthals 350 30KYA Climate lived during the end of ice age Neanderthals were known for tools fire clothing dwellings and being omnivores Neanderthal skull o Heavy high cheekbones o Heavy brown ridge o Large nasal passage o Large incisors o Lack of chin o Occipital bun back elongation Our ancestors lived side by side Grew up faster than humans MISCONEPTION Neanderthals are commonly portrayed as dumb but actually are hominins a lot like us o Physical appearance based on cranial fossils genetic markers o Buried their dead with goods o Art Body form of Neanderthal Body form of Human Robust Gracile Stalky Considered Bergmann s rule Taller Short arms Considered Allen s rule Longer arms Brain size was range of modern humans 1300 cc sometimes larger
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