Feb 6/23 Lecture Flashcards
La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France, led Boule to make what misinterpretation about Neanderthals
She thought they were brutish and dim witted w a stooped over appearance and shuffled walk
Neanderthals- brains are about the same size as
Modern humans
Neanderthals- average cranial capacity (800, 1260, 1480, 1500)cc
1480
Neanderthals- ____ and ____ skulls w large occipital torus
Long and low skulls
Neanderthals- _______, ______ brow ridge (supraoribital torus)
Large, arched
Neanderthals- (small, big, no) chin
No chin
Neanderthals- _______ noses and mid face
Large
Neanderthals- stature?
Short and stocky
Neanderthals- exhibit…
Musculoskeletal hypertrophy
La Ferrassie, France, revealed what
50,000 year old male, female and 5 juveniles intentionally buried
Shanidar Cave, Iraq revealed what
50,000 year old severely injured individual and flower pollen indicated caring and compassion
Kebabs Cave, Israel, revealed what
60,000 year old well-preserved skeleton w hyoid bone
Neanderthal hyoid bone is the same as modern humans which indicates what
Neanderthals may be able to speak
A gene called ________ plays a role in developing language
FOXP2
Neanderthals developed what tool tradition
Mousterian tool tradition
Neanderthals used Mousterian tools, which include
Scrapers and triangular points, more mall flake tools than large hand axes
