Lecture 19 Flashcards
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Recent out of Africa Hypothesis
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-proposes that modern humans dispersed out of Africa and replaced populations of homo erectus and neanderthals without interbreeding
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Multiregional Hypothesis
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-proposes that evolution of modern humans has been occurring since early humans left Africa 2 million years ago
3
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Characteristics of Homo Florensis
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- 3 feet tall
- small brain
- long arms
- primitive shoulders
- lived between 14,000-60,000 yrs ago
4
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Insular Dwarfism
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-small size can be advantageous for reproduction if associated with decreased gestation and generation time
5
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Insular Gigantism
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- sometimes species on islands get larger
- could be because decreased predation pressure allows species to be large
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Morphology of Homo Neanderthalensis
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- faces that bulge in the middle
- large browridges
- large cranial capacity
- robust, heavily muscled bodies
- more stocky than modern humans
7
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Tool use of neanderthals
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