Sites Flashcards
What are the S. African cave complexes
Tuang, Sterkfontein, Makapan, Swartskrans
What is Dolomite
Limestone like rock
What is Breccia
Dead fragments cemented into Dolomite
What was discovered in Tuang
Dart discovered Tuang child skull-A. Africanus
What was Dart’s incorrect hypothesis
Osteodontokeratic hypothesis-ancient homonids used prey’s bones as tools, and were incredibly vicious and savage
What was Dart’s thoughts on ancient life
Incredibly savage beings who lived in caves (WRONG)
How was the Tuang baby killed
Eagle punctured his skull
How did the bones end up in caves
Hyenas, Jaguars, other predators dragged remains into there
What defined the first Australopithecine
Bipedality first seen in A. Afarensis
MNI?
Minimum number of individuals. Based of mono bones such as mandible, L or R pacific bones.
How did bipedality change bone structure
Hips widened, femur shortened + thickened, Craniovertebral junction moved to bottom of skull
Olduvai Gorge
Tanzania, evidence dates 2mya, Oldowan tools, cut bones, large mammal remains
Little Volcanic site
Near Tanzania, ash on ground captured and then fossilized footsteps of Astralopithecis
Koobi Fora
Kenya, dates back 1.9mya, scavenging and hunting behaviors seen, large game found. 1.5mya potential fire use, probably bush fire
Hadska
Ethiopia, dates to 3.2mya, early hominid tools, large herbivore bones-meat processing
Makapansgat
South African valley where a rock was found to be 2.6-3 mya, etched into an australipithacus face
FLK (frida leakey korongo)
site inE. Africa where tools and A. Boisei were found. 1-1.8mya. Also showed evidence of human cooperation
Ubeidiya
Modern Israel 1.4 mya. Has both oldowan and acheulean tools(proves migration)
Dmanise
Modern Georgia. 1.8 mya. Evidence shows large sexual dimporphism(primitive H. Erectus)
Nihewan Basin
W. Beijing 1.6mya. lack of acheulean tools shows patterns of early homo bases
Zhoukoudian
China, 500-200kya, MNI of 40 H. Erectus, hearths!
Torralba/ Ambrona
Spain 400k ago, acheulean and burned wood. Elephant bones in swamps
Shanidar Cave
Iraq. 9 Neanderthal remains with flowers buried with them
Portugal??
Shows use of fish and fauna for Neanderthal food
Skhul Cave
92k ago. evidence of h. sapiens out of Africa
Multiregional theory
all homo’s evolved into h. sapiens through gene flow sin separate regions
Out of Africa theory
mitochondrial DNA evidence to back this up from 250k years ago
Le Solutre
French site where horse families were found hunted by humans-100k MNI
Mezhirich Ukraine
Used mammoth bones to create huts
Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic…Willendorf…Brassemouy…Chauvet…Lascaux
all within the last 30k years, advanced art found by ancient people
Routes out of Africa
Levant(Middle East), Southern (Coast of arabia into SE Asia), Northern(Up into Europe then americas)
Qafzeh
Israel, early AMH’s and burial practices
Herto
Ethiopia 160kya, modern features found in older fossils
Jebel Irhoud
Morocco, early signs of society and modernity 300kya