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| Completely modern looking humans appeared 50,000 years ago. Having a dome skull, a chin, small eyebrows, brow ridges, and a rather puny skeleton. |
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named after a jaw found in 1907 found near Heidelberg, Germany. Same or different species? |
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| A distinct species more commonly referred to as Neandertals. First specimen found in 1856. Cousin or ancestor? |
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| Mousterian tool assemblage |
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Compared with an Acheulian assemblage, Mousterian has a smaller proportion of large core tools such as hand axes and cleavers and a bigger proportion of small flake tools such as scrapers. More flakes and scrapers. Smaller tools. |
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The period of cultural history associated with teh Neandertals. 300,000 years ago to about 40,000 years ago. "Middle Stone Age" Mousterian tools. |
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| Found most frequently in Mousterian tool kits. Levalloisian method developed a technique that enable tthe toolmaker to produce flake tools of a predetermined size instead of simply chipping flakes away from the core at random. |
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Once were thought to be the earlierst specimens of modern humans. Appearing in western Europe 35,000 years ago. Differed from Neandertals. Had higher more bulging foreheads, thinner and lighter bones, smaller faces and jaws, chins, and only slight brow ridges. |
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