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evolution of man
h.ergaster, erectus, neandertalensis, hiedelbergensis, and AMH
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
07/24/2010

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turkana boy
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homo ergaster species, 12 yr old skeleton
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acheulian hand axe
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uses core technology, they flake off sides to make a point and then use the core with the new point to forage

h.ergaster tools

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homo ergaster
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the beginings of speech start with this species, lineage links to h.hiedelbergensis, found in africa, walked long distances
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homo erectus

 

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first to move outside of africa, creation of fire, beginings of social behavior
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mousterian tool kit--levallois

 

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flake technology, used by neandertalensis they prepare the core to create mass amounts of flakes to be used as tools
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neandertalensis
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short stocky bodies with larger nostrils to adapt to the cold, wore clothes, start to see social responsibility they burry their dead
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AMH-anatomically modern humans

''cro-magnon''

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upper paleolithic tool kit--blade technology, venus figurines, cave paintings--symbolic thought
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neolithic tools
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mass production of agriculture tools
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