Human Evolution Flashcards
Australopithecines afarensis (brain capacity)
400 cc
Australopithecines (tools)
Used found oldwan tools
Australopithecines (culture)
No evidence
Australopithecines Africanus (brain capacity)
450 cc
Paranthropus robustus (brain capacity)
500 cc
Paranthropus bosei (brain capacity)
530 cc
Homo habilis (time period)
2.5-1.5 mya
Homo habilis (brain capacity)
650-700 cc
Bulge in broca’s area (start of speech production)
Homo habilis (shelter)
nomadic with home bases
Homo habilis (diet)
scavenger/hunter gatherer of plants, small dead animals and actively hunted fish
Homo habilis (tools)
oldwan tools Crudely fashioned (pebble tools)
Homo habilis (culture)
tools made from materials some distance away from home bases suggested that they planned the manufacturing of tools in advance - development of frontal lobe
Homo erectus (time period)
1.5 mya - 250 000 ya
Homo erectus (brain capacity)
850 - 1200 cc
Homo erectus (shelter)
huts made of reeds and sticks
Homo erectus (diet)
omnivores
Homo erectus (tools)
Acheulian tools
More advanced toolmaking; planned shape
Homo erectus (culture)
First use of fire, systematic hunters of large game
scalping ritual supports idea of ritualism
Homo neanderthalensis (time period)
200000-35000 ya
Homo neanderthalensis (brain capacity)
1600 cc
Occipital bun
Homo neanderthalensis (shelter)
huts made of reeds and sticks
Homo neanderthalensis (diet)
omnivores
Homo neanderthalensis (tools)
mousterian tools
Fine points, sharp knives, scrapers, spearheads
Homo neanderthalensis (culture)
hunters - worked cooperatively; require good communication skills
Abstract thought
Started to bury dead - beginning of religious ritual
Cromagnum man (time period)
40000-15000 ya
Cromagnum man (brain capacity)
1400 cc
Cromagnum man (shelter)
huts made of reeds and sticks
Cromagnum man (diet)
omnivores
Cromagnum man (tools)
upper paeleolithic
drills, throwing sticks, needle, hammer stones and blades
made of ivory, bone and antler
Cromagnum man (culture)
Murals and portable art, sculpture, cave paintings, bone carvings, clay statues
Projectile weapons, clothing was sewn, better shelter
Began farming - control of environment
