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Question 1

how old are the gran dolina and Sima del Elephante fossils?

Question 2

what are absolute dating methods?

Answer 2

radio carbon dating

Question 3

what polarity are we in?

Question 4

what polarity where we in 780k years ago?

Question 5

how can we use polarity to date sites?

Answer 5

magnetic pull direction changes the way sediments rest before sedimenting so you can meswhat polarity something occurred in.

Question 6

what tools where h Heidelbergensis using when the moved into Europe?

Answer 6

hand axes

Question 7

faunal remains found in Sima de los Huesos?

Answer 7

cave bears, wild cats, lynx, cave lions grey wolfs and red foxes.

Question 8

minimum number of individuals in sima de los huesos?

Answer 8

28

Question 9

where was the original neanderthal found?

Answer 9

1856 Feldhofer cave, Germany

Question 10

where and what was found in spy d’orneau cave

Answer 10

in Belgium 2 neanderthal skeletons 1886

Question 11

what was found in chapelle-aux-saints, France?

Answer 11

mostly complete old man with arthritis in 1908.
raises questions of potential intentional burial.

Question 12

what was found in lla ferrassie, France?

Answer 12

6 individuals from 1907-1922

Question 13

what was found in shanidar cave iraq?

Answer 13

9 individuals in 1950s

Question 14

what was found in roc de Marsal, France?

Answer 14

3 year old child 1960s-70s

Question 15

Earliest Real Neandertal fossils?

Answer 15

Ehringsdorf Germany -1908
dated to 250 kya, a mandible

Question 16

how old are the most recent Neandertal fossils?

Answer 16

Mezmaiskaya Russia, from 40,000 years ago.

Question 17

when did Hominis start using fire?

Answer 17

handful of claims for fire use in Africa dated to between 2 and 1 million years ago. more accurate claims 1million to 300,00s years ago. earliest definitive evidence is 250 to 300 thousand years ago.

Question 18

What did Neandertals eat?

Answer 18

A lot of meat, rain deer, bison and horses