Miranda's review Flashcards
biggest brow ridges of any ape
ardipithecus
bifacial tool associated with homo erectus and early heidelbergensis
acheillan
tong child
afarensis
dating techniques
Ar/Ar K/Ar
stone tool most commonly associated with neanderthals
mousterian
multistep process which allows the flintknapper to control size and shape of flakes produced
levallois
“the hobbit”
homo florensis
underwent insular dwarfism
homo erectus
species that demonstrates a mosaic of archaic and modern humans that has been argued to be the last common ancestor of modern humans and neanderthals
homo heidelbergensis
rules which state that cold adapted animals should have a lower surface area/volume ratio than animals adapted to warm environments
bergmann (shape) and alan’s (appendages) rule
scientific term for chin
menti mandus
hominin skull that has its widest point at the cranial base
homo erectus
wooden spears found in germany are associated with
homo heidelbergensis
modern humans evolved in east africa ____ thousand years ago
195
first homo erectus speciman discovered by eugene dubois at
trinil, java
projection on the back of neanderthal skull
occipital bun
CC for neanderthal
1520
australopiths who lived in east africa
aethipicus and boisei
neanderthals lives in europe and western asia between
130-30 kya
“black skull”
paranthropus aethiopicus
oldest hominin tool industry
oldowan
earliest speices that used tools
garhi
hominin group found in siberia was identified through the use of DNA
denosovans
cranial feature for bipedalism
fragum magnum
MCR1
fair skin, red hair
FOXP2
language capabilities
earliest hominin site outside africa
dmanisi (erectus)
hominins that buried their dead
sapiens and neanderthals
Lucy
afarensis