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ISS 220 Final
Prof. Lewis
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
05/02/2010

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Klasies River Mouth, South Africa
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100,000 ya long bifacial spears made using punch technique (antler hit stone)
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Multiregional
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Milford Wolpoff. Multiregionalism is th ere is no one point or place where homosapiens first appeared. They gradually evolved over a very wide area of the world.
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Monte Verde, Chile
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Early pre Paleo-Indian sight is located in Chili in South American, the deposits were wet and provided unusual preservation. evidence of huts stone stoles, plant remains, mastadon meat.
here we find earliest wood/stone integration in clovis (big game hunting)
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Paleo-Indian
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oldest was called Clovis points (fluted points), the younger FOlsom points were smaller. New world cultures based on Big Game hunting. 12,000 - 10,000 ya
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Meadowcroft, PA
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Rock shelter in eastern Pennsylvania. Where stone blades were found. 19,000 ya
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Clovis
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Other pionts were found that were larger. they were found underneath Folsom finds, they were associated with bones of mammout. Dated back to about 11,700 years ago. They were dated by radio carbon dating.
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Burin
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Like a chizzel or engraving tool.
There is multiple edges on it. Used to engrave in bone and ivory and sometimes wood
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Mitochondrial DNA
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group in Africa w/ the greatest variation included the San. supported that this could be traced back to a women like eve.
Provided researched with an estimate for the age of anatomically modern homo sapiens. Evidence for 4 migrations to Americas 47,000-13,000
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Koobi Fora, Kenya
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Homo erectus 1.8mya - campfires (4-ralph Rowlett) A. Walker - Turkana boy (whole skeleton
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Kostenki, Ukraine
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Combination of house types. integration of several ethnic groups, decorative clothing and symbolic expression
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La Chapelle aux Saints, France
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An entire skeleton found in 1908
Seemed deliberately buried
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Lake Mungo, Australia
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Found Skeleton dating back to no more than 43,000 YA.
No strong evidence for existence past 50,000 YA.
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Latian, China
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Latian man, Homoerectus
Found Skull and mandible
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