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1 Homo erectus : more human-like hominin 1.8 mya-150 kya 2 Homo - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
1 Homo erectus : more human-like hominin 1.8 mya-150 kya 2 Homo - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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 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