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1 Homo erectus : more human-like hominin 1.8 mya-150 kya 2 Homo erectus morphology Cranial Human-like teeth Average CC = 900 cm 3 - Nuchal torus 3 Homo erectus morphology Cranial Human-like teeth Average CC = 900 cm 3 - Nuchal torus


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Homo erectus: more human-like hominin

1.8 mya-150 kya

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Homo erectus morphology

Cranial Human-like teeth Average CC = 900 cm3

  • Nuchal torus
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Homo erectus morphology

Cranial Human-like teeth Average CC = 900 cm3

  • Nuchal torus

Postcranial

  • Bigger body size ~5'6
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Homo erectus culture

Acheulian tool industry Bifaces (handaxes)

  • Cores
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Acheulian tool industry Bifaces (handaxes)

  • Cores
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  • Scavengers and persistence hunters
  • Strategy: Homo erectus used advanced, bipedalism to "walk

animals to death."

Homo erectus hunting?

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Important H. erectus sites and dates

East Africa 1.7-1.6 mya Koobi Fora

  • Earliest H. erectus

Lake Turkana Turkana Boy

  • 5'4 12 year old boy
  • Ape-like accelerated growth and development
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Important H. erectus sites and dates

Out of Africa 1.7 mya Dmanisi, Rep of Georgia

  • First H. erectus out of Africa

"Old man of Dmanisi"

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Important Homo erectus sites and dates

Asia 1.6-1 mya Java

  • Rapid migration (< 100,000 years)
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Important Homo erectus sites and dates

Asia (continued) 750-200 kya Zhoukoudian caves, China

  • 45 individuals
  • 100,000 artifacts (stone tools)
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CHAPTER 10

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1 mya Wonderwerk cave, South Africa

  • Evidence of controlled fire use

Fire control

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Question: Why would using fire benefit us?

  • Warmth, protection, extends the day

Cooking

  • Less energy to eat cooked meat AND beans, tubers, legumes
  • Safer and lasts longer (dry meat)
  • High-value source of calories to fuel energy-hogging brains