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Undergraduate 1
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spears
Definition
oldest found in germany and date back around 400,000
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olgesailie
Definition

acheulean site in kenya (east africa) in great rift valley.

ancient lake basin that dates back to 1 mil or 900,000 yra.

 

around lake basin there is hand axes, cleavers, and other acheaulean tools.

 

leakys were involved in excavation

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origin of fire
Definition

often associated with homo erectus, not sure if they created it

 

neanderthals had fire too

 

evidence of fire comes from hearths 

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zhoukoudian
Definition
early fire site in northern china
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east turkana
Definition
early fire site. 1.6 mya. evidence of fire from red stains
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hearth
Definition
fire pit
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swartkrans cave
Definition
south africa dates 1.0 mya. burned bones were found of animals and australopithecines
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GBY
Definition
site of acheulean tools, 6 kinds of burned wood and burned flint
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neanderthals
Definition

neander germany 1856.

 100,000-30,000

most dated to the Wurm

typical caveman 

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Wurm
Definition

early part of the last ice age 70,000-35,000

 

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mitochondrial dna variation
Definition
determined neanderthals were more to the east then originally thought
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occipital bun
Definition
bump on the back of the skull
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neanderthal physical chars.
Definition
larger brains then modern humans, large nasal cavities, faces large and protruding, big brow ridges, no chin, large teeth, stood upright, short, large body mass, powerful, no modern speech
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c brace
Definition
argued that the large teeth and face were an adaptation for tools, like chewing on hide.
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foxp2
Definition
gene found in neanderthals that control facial movement dealing with speech
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roudolph virchow
Definition
thought the neanderthal bones were a diseased modern human
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cro magnon
Definition
1868 ancient rock shelter, deals with neanderthals.
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boule
Definition
1908 found neanderthal remains. said sub human, cant walk upright, stooped over, not direct descendent of modern humans.
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homo neanderthalensis
Definition
name that meant neanderthals were not descendents of homo sapiens
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homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Definition
name meant they were subspecies of modern humans.
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la chepelle-aux-saints
Definition
neanderthal specimen in early 1900 discovered by boule. said they were sub human. named homo neanderthalensis. it had arthritis.
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straus and cane
Definition
reanalyzed the la chappele-aux-saints and classified it as homo neanderthalensis because it could be the direct ancestor of modern human
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shanidar cave
Definition
 (flower burial) neanderthal fossils discovered by solecki in northern iraq
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mousterian
Definition
middle paleolithic, associated with neanderthals and modern huans. named after mousterian tools.
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mousterian tools
Definition
point-spear tips, lavallois core (where they chipped off points and blades), scappers, ornaments
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richard lee
Definition
canadian that studied the San in the Kalahari (bushmen)
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recourdou
Definition
site in France, 70,000 yr old neanderthal. neanderthals had ritual of killing and burying bears.
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ainu
Definition
lived on island of hokio. believed in bear rituals.
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QF2eh
Definition
92,000 ya
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Kebara
Definition
60,000 ya
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wolpoff
Definition
multiregional- interbreeding took place, homo sapiens grew grew and evolved over the world. spread out of africa.
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stringer
Definition
out of africa 2 (eve theory)- homo sapiens came from one place in africa and took over other groups because they were superior. 100,000-200,000 yrs ago.
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cann, stoneking, wilson
Definition
articel on mitochondrial dna- said the san had the most variation.
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svante paabo
Definition
expert on neanderthal DNA. neanderthal and human dna split around 500,00 yr ago
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rhodesian man/broken hill man
Definition
zambia, south africa, by mining operation. big brow ridges. only 30,000 yr old.
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carl coon
Definition
wrote book on origin of races, supported out of africa 2 theory
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Klasies river mouth (KRM)
Definition
south africa, homo sapien jaw and skull bones between 125,000-70,000 yra
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omo
Definition
site found in 1960s. homo sapien remains dated with ar/ar technique to 195,000 yra.
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herto
Definition
site w/ homo sapien remains. ar/ar dating to 160,000-154,000. found in 2003. given sub species name homo sapiens idalta becasue they differ a little.
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timeline
Definition
adipithecus, australopithecines, homo, oldest stone tools, homo erectus, homo sapiens,
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other evidence that supports african 2 theory
Definition

specimens in africa are older than ones found outside

 

blombos cave-south africa

 grottes des pigeons-north africa in morocco

katanda-east central africa in the congo

 

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beads and ornaments
Definition

europe date 35,000-10,000 yra, associated iwth cro magnon people (oldest art 35,000)

africa date over 40,000

found in Blombos cave-75,000 yra (oldest art 75,000)

grottes des pigeons-82,000 yra 

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lineage differentiation
Definition

modern livng human is 8 mutations

modern human and neanderthal is 26 mutations 

 

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ling bua cave
Definition
tools found in cave, cranium of individual, limestone cave on island of flores in eastern indonesia. komoto dragon remains. 38,000-18,000 yra.
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homo floresiensis
Definition
found on island of florens. called hobbits, 90,000 yra new ones around 12,000. microcephaly-small head
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upper paleolithic
Definition
35/40,000-10,000. lived under rock shelters and other shelters, made spears, needles, beads, spear throwers, and other advanced tools.
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cromagnums
Definition
modern humans in the upper paleolithics. not specifc species just includes them all in that time.
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burin
Definition
type of stone flak that used for engraving
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dordogne valley
Definition
capital of upper paleolithic archeological research
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aurignacian
Definition
1st in upper paleolithic sequence. bone points with split bases to help attach to shafts
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gravettian
Definition
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gravettian
Definition
2nd in upper paleo sequence. venus figurines. 26-27,000 yra
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soultrean
Definition
3rd in upper paleo sequence. stone artifacts, spear points.
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magdelenian
Definition
4th in upper paleo. cave art.
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altamira
Definition
cave art first discovered. spain.
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lascaux
Definition
france, digging potatoe cellar and found cave paintings.
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leroi gorhan
Definition
went into lascaux and the locations of paintings were because of social rules, symbols represent females were under males and such.
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alexander marshack
Definition
said the cave engravings matched lunar cycles and that they had lunar calanders.
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david lewis-williams
Definition
south african expert on cave art. art represented shamanism. lascaux dated to about 17,000 and oldest cave paintings are 32-34,000 yr old.
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cosquer cave
Definition
entrance 120 below sea level. first paintings are 27,000 and another group are 18/19,000 yro. shows sea creatures not shown in others.
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chauvet cave
Definition
oldest art in europe dating 32/34,000. shows lots of rhinos, bears, lions.
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lake mungo
Definition
australia, oldest cremation site 40,000. australia was settled between 45/60,000
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folsom
Definition
by african american riding a horse. extinct form of bison. point still in the bone. point known as folsom point. clovis points were under it which were 11,700 yra.
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meadowcroft
Definition
12,800/19,000 clovis in a rockshelter
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cactus hill
Definition
clovis finds, 18,000 yra.
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java
Definition
1.7 million yrs
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n. china 1.36 mya
Definition
stone tools
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bose basin
Definition
80,000 s. china. tools resemble hand axes
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dimanisi
Definition
1.75 mya. republic of georgia. stone tools,
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atapuerca
Definition
800,000 spain. old part 800,000 is gran dolina, recent part is the pit of bones 300,000
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box grove
Definition
500,000 south england. achulian hand axe site. evidence of hunting.
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schoningen
Definition
400,000 east germany. very well made wooden spears.
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tefonomy
Definition
acheological study of trying to find how they died.
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power scavenging
Definition
eating the meat while still on the bone.
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acheulean
Definition
east africa to india and europe. hand axes and other tools.
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