ANTH 1102 1ST Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I Late Pleistocene 300 KYA 11 KYA II Species categories WE INVENT III Neanderthals are sometimes classified in different species Outline of Current Lecture IV Denisovians V Modern Humans H sapiens sapiens VI VII H florensiensis One species Current Lecture Conclusion of Recent Hominins Denisovians 40 KYA Only few fossils have been found two teeth a finger bone fragment Found in only one location Denisova Cave Siberia 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 Modern Humans H sapiens sapiens Appeared in Africa around 200 KYA Appeared in Europe by 40 50 KYA 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 Early European humans Cro Magnon Have straight high foreheards A larger cranial capacity than us 1600cc Art such as carvings and fertility art and weapons were created by H sapiens sapiens H florensiensis Late Pleistocene 95 13 KYA Called Hobbits of Flo Small body Small brain but high EQ similar to H habilis Skull is H erectus like Used tools Hunted rats and tiny elephants Deemed the Hominin Out of Time Possible explanations of extreme differences from other hominin of this time Island biogeography Big animals get smaller founder effect Folkloric creature Human with disease though fossil evidence goes against this one Different lineage than H sapiens Is this one species Genetic evidence shows relationships between species based on genetic evidence before 500 KYA there was a split of Neanderthals Denisovians and H sapiens Gene flow between H sapiens and Neanderthals occurred and genes spread out and mixed Addition to last week s lecture Neanderthals had shorter juvenile period than humans which is know from dental evidence It was common to have the phenotype of gingers in Neanderthals which was adapted from their climate Neanderthals used Mousterian tools and the oldest art ever found was by Neanderthals in caves in Malaga Spain 42 KYA
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