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| -evidence of tool use led to it being called homo. |
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-First unequivocal member of homo.
-1.8 MYA, pleistocene
-first consistent meat eater (evidence by vitamin A poisoning).
-used tools
-Flatter head.
-800cc crainium (larger than austrolopiths)
-africa |
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| Transition from austrolopithecines to homo genus |
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Definition
| -homo became a better distance walker, possibly to deal with shrinking forest sizes and larger savannas. Hunting and scavenging? |
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Likely an ASIAN MIGRATION of homo ergaster.
-long lived species
-little change from homo ergaster.
-used only OLDOWAN tools, inferior to ACHEULIAN tools used by ergaster. |
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