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Cards Term spears Definition oldest found in germany and date back around 400,000 Term olgesailie Definition acheulean site in kenya (east africa) in great rift valley. ancient lake basin that dates back to 1 mil or 900,000 yra.   around lake basin there is hand axes, cleavers, and other acheaulean tools.   leakys were involved in excavation Term origin of fire Definition often associated with homo erectus, not sure if they created it   neanderthals had fire too   evidence of fire comes from hearths  Term zhoukoudian Definition early fire site in northern china Term east turkana Definition early fire site. 1.6 mya. evidence of fire from red stains Term hearth Definition fire pit Term swartkrans cave Definition south africa dates 1.0 mya. burned bones were found of animals and australopithecines Term GBY Definition site of acheulean tools, 6 kinds of burned wood and burned flint Term neanderthals Definition neander germany 1856.  100,000-30,000 most dated to the Wurm typical caveman  Term Wurm Definition early part of the last ice age 70,000-35,000   Term mitochondrial dna variation Definition determined neanderthals were more to the east then originally thought Term occipital bun Definition bump on the back of the skull Term neanderthal physical chars. Definition larger brains then modern humans, large nasal cavities, faces large and protruding, big brow ridges, no chin, large teeth, stood upright, short, large body mass, powerful, no modern speech Term c brace Definition argued that the large teeth and face were an adaptation for tools, like chewing on hide. Term foxp2 Definition gene found in neanderthals that control facial movement dealing with speech Term roudolph virchow Definition thought the neanderthal bones were a diseased modern human Term cro magnon Definition 1868 ancient rock shelter, deals with neanderthals. Term boule Definition 1908 found neanderthal remains. said sub human, cant walk upright, stooped over, not direct descendent of modern humans. Term homo neanderthalensis Definition name that meant neanderthals were not descendents of homo sapiens Term homo sapiens neanderthalensis Definition name meant they were subspecies of modern humans. Term la chepelle-aux-saints Definition neanderthal specimen in early 1900 discovered by boule. said they were sub human. named homo neanderthalensis. it had arthritis. Term straus and cane Definition reanalyzed the la chappele-aux-saints and classified it as homo neanderthalensis because it could be the direct ancestor of modern human Term shanidar cave Definition  (flower burial) neanderthal fossils discovered by solecki in northern iraq Term mousterian Definition middle paleolithic, associated with neanderthals and modern huans. named after mousterian tools. Term mousterian tools Definition point-spear tips, lavallois core (where they chipped off points and blades), scappers, ornaments Term richard lee Definition canadian that studied the San in the Kalahari (bushmen) Term recourdou Definition site in France, 70,000 yr old neanderthal. neanderthals had ritual of killing and burying bears. Term ainu Definition lived on island of hokio. believed in bear rituals. Term QF2eh Definition 92,000 ya Term Kebara Definition 60,000 ya Term wolpoff Definition multiregional- interbreeding took place, homo sapiens grew grew and evolved over the world. spread out of africa. Term stringer Definition out of africa 2 (eve theory)- homo sapiens came from one place in africa and took over other groups because they were superior. 100,000-200,000 yrs ago. Term cann, stoneking, wilson Definition articel on mitochondrial dna- said the san had the most variation. Term svante paabo Definition expert on neanderthal DNA. neanderthal and human dna split around 500,00 yr ago Term rhodesian man/broken hill man Definition zambia, south africa, by mining operation. big brow ridges. only 30,000 yr old. Term carl coon Definition wrote book on origin of races, supported out of africa 2 theory Term Klasies river mouth (KRM) Definition south africa, homo sapien jaw and skull bones between 125,000-70,000 yra Term omo Definition site found in 1960s. homo sapien remains dated with ar/ar technique to 195,000 yra. Term herto Definition site w/ homo sapien remains. ar/ar dating to 160,000-154,000. found in 2003. given sub species name homo sapiens idalta becasue they differ a little. Term timeline Definition adipithecus, australopithecines, homo, oldest stone tools, homo erectus, homo sapiens, Term other evidence that supports african 2 theory Definition specimens in africa are older than ones found outside   blombos cave-south africa  grottes des pigeons-north africa in morocco katanda-east central africa in the congo   Term beads and ornaments Definition europe date 35,000-10,000 yra, associated iwth cro magnon people (oldest art 35,000) africa date over 40,000 found in Blombos cave-75,000 yra (oldest art 75,000) grottes des pigeons-82,000 yra  Term lineage differentiation Definition modern livng human is 8 mutations modern human and neanderthal is 26 mutations    Term ling bua cave Definition tools found in cave, cranium of individual, limestone cave on island of flores in eastern indonesia. komoto dragon remains. 38,000-18,000 yra. Term homo floresiensis Definition found on island of florens. called hobbits, 90,000 yra new ones around 12,000. microcephaly-small head Term upper paleolithic Definition 35/40,000-10,000. lived under rock shelters and other shelters, made spears, needles, beads, spear throwers, and other advanced tools. Term cromagnums Definition modern humans in the upper paleolithics. not specifc species just includes them all in that time. Term burin Definition type of stone flak that used for engraving Term dordogne valley Definition capital of upper paleolithic archeological research Term aurignacian Definition 1st in upper paleolithic sequence. bone points with split bases to help attach to shafts Term gravettian Definition Term gravettian Definition 2nd in upper paleo sequence. venus figurines. 26-27,000 yra Term soultrean Definition 3rd in upper paleo sequence. stone artifacts, spear points. Term magdelenian Definition 4th in upper paleo. cave art. Term altamira Definition cave art first discovered. spain. Term lascaux Definition france, digging potatoe cellar and found cave paintings. Term leroi gorhan Definition went into lascaux and the locations of paintings were because of social rules, symbols represent females were under males and such. Term alexander marshack Definition said the cave engravings matched lunar cycles and that they had lunar calanders. Term david lewis-williams Definition south african expert on cave art. art represented shamanism. lascaux dated to about 17,000 and oldest cave paintings are 32-34,000 yr old. Term cosquer cave Definition entrance 120 below sea level. first paintings are 27,000 and another group are 18/19,000 yro. shows sea creatures not shown in others. Term chauvet cave Definition oldest art in europe dating 32/34,000. shows lots of rhinos, bears, lions. Term lake mungo Definition australia, oldest cremation site 40,000. australia was settled between 45/60,000 Term folsom Definition by african american riding a horse. extinct form of bison. point still in the bone. point known as folsom point. clovis points were under it which were 11,700 yra. Term meadowcroft Definition 12,800/19,000 clovis in a rockshelter Term cactus hill Definition clovis finds, 18,000 yra. Term java Definition 1.7 million yrs Term n. china 1.36 mya Definition stone tools Term bose basin Definition 80,000 s. china. tools resemble hand axes Term dimanisi Definition 1.75 mya. republic of georgia. stone tools, Term atapuerca Definition 800,000 spain. old part 800,000 is gran dolina, recent part is the pit of bones 300,000 Term box grove Definition 500,000 south england. achulian hand axe site. evidence of hunting. Term schoningen Definition 400,000 east germany. very well made wooden spears. Term tefonomy Definition acheological study of trying to find how they died. Term power scavenging Definition eating the meat while still on the bone. Term acheulean Definition east africa to india and europe. hand axes and other tools. Term Definition