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Ant 3514 C Exam 3
Exam 3
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
06/13/2011

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Term
HADAR – A.L 129
Definition
• 1923 discovery
• 3.4 mya
• Key figures
• Valgus
• Femora candyles modified
• Patellar notch raised
Term
Early Hominin Lifeways :Social Organization
Definition
•Sexual division of labor
•Evidence of sample shelters and cave cooperation
Term
Gracile Australopithecus
Definition
(General jaws/ teeth)
Term
Robust Aust.
Definition
(specialized jaws and tooth)
Term
P. Robustus
Definition
2 - 1.5 mya

S. Af
Term
P. Boisei
Definition
2.3 - 1.2 mya
Term
Aust. Africanus
Definition
3.5 - 2 mya

S. Afr
Term
Aust. Afarensis
Definition
3.9 - 2.9

E. Afr
Term
Aust. Anamensis
Definition
4.2 - 3.9

E. Afr
Term
• Thorax shaping
• Basicranial flexation
Definition
: hunting


: language
Term
• Rounded back
• Vertical forehead
• Small face
• Chin
• Little to no browridge
Definition
AMH Skull
Term
• Craniodental and postcranial remains
• Cranium :
• Small brain
• Prognatic face
• Large teeth
Definition
Austral. Garhi
Term
Australopithecus Anamesis

• Maeve leaky 1994
• Cranial and Post cranial
• 2 sites :Allia bay and Kenapoi
• 4.2 – 3.9 mya
• More u-shaped mandible
• More flexible arms, joints don’t lock
• Wasn’t specialized for knuckle walking.
Definition
Australopithecus Anamesis
Term
• Central Chad
• 3.4 – 3 mya (Fauna)
• Bahr el ghazal region
• Mandible fragment & P3
• Derived biscuspids P3
• Divergent tooth row
Definition
Australopithecus Bahreghazali
Term
• Hardar Lactoli
• 4-3 mya
• Bipedal
• Primitive skull/ dentition
• LH4 Holotype
• `tail canine
• Diastema
• Premolars/molars like A. Africanus
• Tooth row shaped unlike apes
Definition
Austrolopithecus Aferensis (Johanson 1978)
Term
• Les Eyzies, France, 32kya
• Sudden appearance corresponds w/ Neanderthals demise
Definition
CRO – MAGNUN
Term
• Indentation in the maxilla above the root canine
• Associated w/ AMH (anatomically modern human) but seen in H. antecessor & some H. heidelbergensis
Definition
Canine Fossa
Term
Dinissovan contemporaneous
Definition
Central Asia
Term
 Associated w/ Neanderthal remains
 Similarities to upper Paleolithic
Definition
Chateperronean tools from Laursel Frame
Term
• Out of Africa theory
• Model of human migrations w/ most support
• Genetic evidence
• Fossil record
• Non-human evidence (H. Pylori bacterium and head lice)
Definition
Chris Stringer
Term
Homo Erectus
Definition
Contemporaneous in Southeast Asia
Term
• Upper Paleolithic site
• 30-25 kya
• Structures activity arms, burials, grave goods, ritual “symbolic” behavior.
Definition
DOLNI VESTONIC (Monrovia)
Term
• Retreating chin region
• Relatively large incisors and canines
• Small (narrow) molars (relative to Austra)
• M3 smaller than M2
• Temporal lines never meet in midline
• Slight postorbital contruction
• Postcranial remains
• Hand bones robust, prehensil
• Stout big toe, adducted
• Hand and fore limbs indicate climbing and weight support adaptations
Definition
Defining Homo Habilis

Craniodental Remains :
Term
Mosaic Evolution
Definition
Diff features may evolve @ diff rates or not at all.
Separation in which acheulean tech. occurs and where it does not.
the absense of handaxes reflects loss of tech due to pressures of raw material.
hominins left before hand axes were developed.
Term
• 1.8 mya (2-1.5 mya)
• Oldowan-type tools
• 4 hominin skulls, misc. jaws etc
• Lots of fauna/ artifacts
Definition
Dmanisi (Rep of Georgia)
Term
H. Ergaster
Definition
E. Af 1.8- 1.0 mya
Term
Homo rudolfensis
Definition
E. Africa 2.4 – 1.8 mya
Term
Homo habilis
Definition
East Africa 2.4 -1.8 mya
Term
• 1st Neanderthals found in 1836
• Rel. tall forehead
• Strong pronounced brow bridge
• Bun in the back of skull
• Feldhofer grotto
• Neander valley, Germany
Definition
Engris (Belgium)
Term
• Compared to A. Aforensis, each human would have required 39% more energy to meet resting metabolic requirements
• Some tissues require more energy than others (nervous and digestive system)
Definition
Expensive Tissue Hypothesis
Term
• Jebrl Irhoud, Morocco

(Africa)
Definition
Gen. Modern but not fully homo sapiens (H. Hemei?), 130-60kya
Term
• Shorter distal bone
• Robust joint
• Rounder rib cage
• Thighs rotated diff, bowleg
• Up close hunting assumptions by teeth mark on teeth
Definition
General Robusticity
Term
• Throughout Af from 1.8 mya
• First hominin to appear outside of Af
• Appears in Asia ca. 1.8 mya?
• Adapted to both tropical and temperate climate
Definition
H. Erectus Distribution
Term
• H. Ergaster --> Africa
• H. Erectus --> Asia
Definition
H. Erectus Geography
Term
• 1.8 – 1.0 mya
• E Af & Rep. of Georgia
• Thinner crial bones, less pronounced browridges
• Acheulen tools (more advanced than Oldawan)
Definition
H. Ergaster
Term
LUMPERS
Definition
H. Habilis (H. Habilis,H. Rudolfesnsi)

H. Erectus (H. Ergaster, H. Erectus)

H. Sapiens (H. antec., H. Heidelb, H. Neandert., H. Sapiens)
Term
• 200 kya to 30kya
• Robust skeleton
• Cold – adapted
• Europe/ near east
• Significant temporal regional variation
• Mousterian tool ancestry
Definition
H. Neandethalensis
Term
• 800K BP –atapherca
• Key figures
• Smaller canines and jaws than H. Erectus
• Canine fossa (mid face)
• March 2008
• Homo antecessor
• 1.1 mya
• From a cave in N. Spain
Definition
HOMO ANTECESSOR
Term
• 160 kya
• 3 individual
• Clear modern morphology
• Stone tools.
Definition
Herto (Ethiopia)
Term
• 3rd molar/ pinky bone
• Mophorlogically like late australopithecines/ early homos
• 50 kya central Asia, Siberia
• Distinct mitochondria/ Nuclear DNA from modern humans/ Neanderthals
• Divergence from Neanderthals around 1 mya
• 4% cont. to modern malenisian (S. E Asia)
• 40 mya, contemporaries w/ Neanderthals/ AMH pop.
Definition
Hominin from Denosova
Term
• Acheulen (Af, not E. Asia)
• Bifacial hand axes and cleavers.
• Big-game hunting (cooperative)
• Diversified tool kits
• Evidence for simple shelters
• Earliest occupation of cave sites
• Evidence for controllable use of fire (1.5 mya)
• Open question :language
Definition
Homo Erectus Culture
Term
• 18k yrs BP
• Flores, Indonesia
• 1 m tall
• Cerebral rubicon –RIP (Just arbitiray)
• Tool tech
• Low predation?
• Caloric reduction?
Definition
Homo Floriensis
Term
• Olduvai George
• Bed I/II
• 2 – 1.6 mya
• Handman
• Handy man
• Tool association
• Passes "cerebral rubicon"
• Reduced molar size
Definition
Homo Habilis (Leaky et all, 1964)
Term
Europe, Middle East, Asia
Definition
Homo Neanderthals
Term
Java Sites

• Dupois (1890 – 1900)
• P. Erectus  Homo erectus
• Sites : Trinil (solo river)
• Brain case, mandible, limb bone
• Von Koenigowald (1936- 1940)
• Sangiran & modjekerto
• Splitter – Pithecanthropus & moganthropus
Definition
Java Sites
Term
• Ngoloba beds
• Laetoli, Tanzania
• 120 kya
• H. Heidelbergensis
Definition
LH 18
Term
• 1975 discovery
• Volcano nearby
• Footprints/ animal activity
• 3.6 mya
Definition
Lactoli Footprints
Term
o H.habilis direct ancestor to H. sapiens-descended from A. africanus. H. erectus a dead end.
Definition
Leaky
Term
• Hybrid boy
• Transition forms in M. East and Asia
• Diff are deep time
• Requires independent speciation event.
Definition
MULTIREGIONIALISM
Term
• Robust (primitive) w/ small (derived) molars
• Was long time the oldest European fossil
• 500k yrs old
• Type specimen
• Slightly larger, more globular braincase (1k -1400 cm3)
• Steeper forehead/ rounded back of skull
• Skull broadest higher up
• Thinner skull bones, reduced masticulature
• Mandible and face reduced, smaller molars
• Old world distribution
• > 600 k -200k years ago.
Definition
Mauer Jaw (1907)
Term
• Robust (primitive) w/ small (derived) molars
• Was long time the oldest European fossil
• 500k yrs old
• Type specimen
• Slightly larger, more globular braincase (1k -1400 cm3)
• Steeper forehead/ rounded back of skull
• Skull broadest higher up
• Thinner skull bones, reduced masticulature
• Mandible and face reduced, smaller molars
• Old world distribution
• > 600 k -200k years ago.
Definition
Mauer Jaw (1907)
Term
• MtDNA
• Africans show greater genetic variation
• Human origin ca 285-143 kya
Definition
Mitochondrial “Eve” (Rebecca Cann)
Term
•Klasie, River mouth & border Cave, S. Af, Omo I (Kibbish) Ethiopia
Definition
Modern homo sapiens, 130 kya
Term
• Extreme lumper
• Milfrd Wolof – strongest proponent of theory
• Insufficient genetic support
• Explains “hybrid” fossils
Definition
Multiregional Evol
Term
• Culture adaptation to cold
• Ritual and burial w/ objects ( no uncontroversial evidence)
• Care for handicapped/ elderly
• Interpersonal violence
Definition
Neanderthal Culture
Term
o Olduvai gorge-lower bed I
o Partial and reconstructed skull
o Female indiviual
o Cranial capacity ca. 590 cm3 (smaller than Austra)
o Slight post orbital constriction
o Domed forehead
o Expanded parietal region
Definition
OH 24-twiggy
Term
Homo Erectus
Definition
Old World (Asia) 1.8- 0.05 mya
Term
• Kibbish from Ethiopia
• 195 kya
• Oldest modern H. Sapiens
Definition
Omo I
Term
• Haekel’s (1865) pithecanthropus alalus
• Java (Indonesia)
• 1.8 – 0.05 mya
• Skull may be half-ape half human
• Sanguran – 1930s (one skull cap and one femur)
• Ngandong (Java) – 1980s (53k – 27k BP)
Definition
Pithecanthropus Erectus Dubois (1894)
Term
• Cerebral Rubicon =
• 750 cc ( Sir Author Korth)
• 600 cc (Leaky, Tobias, Napier
• Precision grip
• Tools?
• Language?
Definition
Recognizing Genes Homo (based on homo erectus)
Term
• Paranthropus robust
• P. Aethopicus (east af)
• P. boisei (central Africa)
Definition
Robust Aust.
Term
7-6 mya

West Af
Definition
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Term
• Been bashed on side of head
• Battered and bruised
• Lived to old age
• Healing/care
Definition
Shander I Skeleton
Term
• China
• Davidson black & Franz Weirdenreiich
• 1920s and 30s – materials lost during the WWII
• @Zhoukoudian 0.7- 0.4 mya (main cave artifacts)
• Other sites ca 1 mya
Definition
Sinanthropus Pekinesis (Davidson got the credit)
Term
•Near east/ central Asia
•COLD preserves DNA
• Qafzeh/ Tsburn  Neanderthal sites
Definition
Teshik-Tash
Term
Neaderthals were coexisting with H. Floriensis


True or False
Definition
True
Term
• Modern humans evolved recently
• Humans pass thru a pop. Bottleneck
Definition
VARIATION IN MtDNA of Modern Human id very low (1/10th that of chimp)
Term
• 1984
• 200 KYA
• Largest transition infar East
Definition
YINKOU (JINNIUSHAN)
Term
Earliesty known archeological evidence of MtDNA and Y-chromosome is

(160-135 kya)
Definition
found in E. Af
Term
Single species hypothesis
Definition
o C.Loring Brace and Milfor Wolpoff (U of MI)
o 1960s and early 1970s
o All anatomical differences between hominin species is intraspecific variation, not interspecific variation
o Only one species of hominin can exist at any one time because they occupy same adaptive niche
Term
Wolpoff
Definition
o H.habilis diagnostic feature insignificant
o Bed I= A. africanus
o Bed II= early H. erectus
Term
• Portugal, 25-24 mya
• Neanderthal last stand
• Zarfgaraya, S. Spain
• Mousterian assemblages ~ 27 mya
Definition
“Hybrid Boy”
Term
HADAR – “Lucy”
Definition
• 1974
• 40% complete (47/207 bones)
• All in one individual
• Mature adult
• 1m tall
• Elbow joint is more flexible/ mobile
Term
HADAR – AL 333 “First Lady”
Definition
• 1975
• 200+ hominin fossils
• 13+ individuals – MNI (9 adults, 4 juveniles)
• Catastrophic assemblage
• 3.2 mya
• Life history, variation data
Term
Australopithecus Garhi
Definition
• 1999
• 2.5 mya (awash region)
• Asfaw, white and colleague
• Garh =
Term
Mousterian Industry
Definition
• Advanced Levallois technique
• Core trimmed around edges to produce disks
• Large flake strick
Term
• By middle Pleistocene (0.7 – 0.12 mya) H. Erectus firmly established.
Definition
• Af
• Trop. Asia
• Northern Europe
Term
Austral. Garhi
Definition
• Antelope remains from nearby site w/ cutting marks
• Long legs, def bipedal
• A. Garhi or other human species responsible
• Meat/marrow eating at an early age
• “Hall mark” in human evolution
Term
Gracile Australopithecus
Definition
• Austrol. Africanus
• A. Aferensis
• A. Anamensis
• A. Bahreghazal
Term
Early Hominin Lifeways: Climate and environmental changes
Definition
• Core samples: COLD!!!
• Clothing, fire etc
Term
MtDNA From Neanderthals
Definition
• Diff in sequences from modern human samples
• 1-4% genetic contribution in modern humans w/ Non-Af ancestry
• Common ancestors of modern human  365- 853 mya
Term
Marcelle Boule (1816-1942)
Definition
• Early interpretations of Neanderthal
• Couldn’t have been ancestors b/c they’re very primitive
Term
Kenyathropus Platyops
Definition
• Flat faced man of Kenya
• 3.2 -3.5 mya
• West lake Turkana
• Temporary w/ Lucy
• KNM WT 4000 – Holotype
Term
Early Hominin Lifeways : DIET
Definition
• Food sharing
• Foraging
• Scavenging  hunting (cooperative?)
Term
CHIN EXTERNAL BUTTRESS
Definition
• Gorilla
• Chimps
• H. Africanuss
• Archaic homo
• AMH
Term
SPLITTERS
Definition
• H. Habilis
• H. rudolfensis
• H. Ergaster
• H.Erectus
• H. Floriensis
• H. Antecessor
• H. Heidelbergensis
• H. Neanderthalesis
• H. Sapiens
Term
Australopithecus Africanus
Definition
• Human shaped neurocranius
• Brain > chimp, • Small canines big molars
Term
H. Heidelbergensis Culture
Definition
• Hunting large game
• Lithias – bridge gap btwn upper/lower Paleolithic
• No association “art” found
• Archeulen tools properly.
Term
Paranthropus Aeithiopicus
Definition
• KMN –WT 17000
• The “black skull”
• 1958 discovery
• W. Turkana (Kenya) & Omo (Ethiopia)
• 2.8 -2.2 mya
• Primitive Robust Australopithecus
Term
Neaderthan Cranio-Facial Anatomy
Definition
• Large arching browridge
• Big nose
• Puff face (midface prognatism)
• No chin
• Retro molar gap
• Low forehead
• Occipital bun
• Large cranial capacity
• Projecting midrace
• Degree of wear pattern on incisors atypical for modern humans incliding upper Paleolithic people (hide preparation?)
Term
Robust Austrapithecine = Paranthropus
Definition
• Late Pliocene –early Pleistocene deposits (2.5-1 mya)
• East/South Africa
• Massive molars
• Flat broad “dish face”
• Poorly known anatomy
Term
Dart’s Osteodontokeratic Culture
Definition
• Makapansgat
• Bone tooth horn
• Taphonomic studies
Term
• Partical displacement
Definition
• No archaic homosapiens.
Term
Paranthropus Boisei
Definition
• O.H.5
• 1959
• “Robust” australopithecine zinjathropus
• Massive premolars and molars
• Tiny canine and incisors
• “Human cuisinart”
Term
• Complete displacement
• Cladogenesis
Definition
• Out of Africa
Term
Louis Leaky
Definition
• Popularized “missing links”
• Found east African remains
• Paranthropus boisei
Term
• Gene flow
• Integration
• Anagenesis
Definition
• Regional Continuity:
Term
East African Fossisl (Great Rift Valley)
Definition
• Relatively recent discoveries (1959)
• Excellent preservation
• Established geological context/good absolute dates
Term
La Chapelle – Aux Sheats
Definition
• Skull/ post cranial sites in Correze, France
• Old man of La Chapelle, 50 kya
• 1908-1911 excavate
Term
Parathropus Robustus (Broom, 1938)
Definition
• Small incisors, canines, large molars and heavy chewing muscles
• Swatkrans, kromdraii
• 2- 1.5 mya
Term
Africa
Definition
• Middle to late pliestocene record not extensive
Term
Who is H. Ergaster ?
Definition
•1975 (Grooves and Mazak)
•Organized by molar size and reduction in premolar root #
•As H. Erectus got messy, H. Ergaster served to tidy up
Term
Homo Ergaster : The splitter wins
Definition
•Too big to be H. Habilis
•Too derived to be homo rudolfensis
•Sloping forehead
Term
Australopithecus africanus (Sterkfontein)
Definition
STS-5
Term
Paranthropus boisei (Olduvai Gorge)
Definition
OH-5
Term
. Homo ergaster (Nariokotome
Definition
KNM-WT 15000
Term
AL 288.1
Definition
Australopithecus afarensis (Hadar)
Term
. KNM-ER 1470
Definition
.Homo rudolfensis (Koobi Fora
Term
All species of the genus Homo are bipedal.
Definition
True
Term
All species of the genus Homo are bipedal.
Definition
True
Term
All species of the genus Homo are known to have used language.
Definition
False
Term
Homo erectus/ergaster has a body build much like early Homo.
Definition
False
Term
Homo habilis remains at Olduvai Gorge (Beds I and II) were associated with so-called Oldowan stone tools.
Definition
True
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