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| site located in the Afar Triangle, Ethiopia, produced extensive series of fossils of Australopithecus afarensis |
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| 1970’s found A. Afarensis in Hadar |
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| slender build, found by Donald Johanson, Hadar site, small brain capacity, bipedal (Australopithecus afarensis) |
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| Australopithecus afarensis |
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| A small-brained, fully bipedal hominin found at a number of east African site extending from Hadar in Ethiopia to Laetoli in Tanzania 3.8-3.0mya |
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| Group of 13 (4 children) A. afarensis found together in Hadar, all died together for reason unknown (flash flood), sexual dimorphism (men bigger than women) |
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| Tanzania, Mary Leakey and Family excavated this site 1970’s, found at least 2 (possibly 3) sets of bipedal A. afarensis footprint preserved in volcanic ash deposits, 3.7mya |
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| discovered by Raymond Dart (1920’s), Taung child is named after location found (Taung), human-like teeth, bipedal, with small brain capacity, not accepted by scientific community because of small brain size |
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| Australopithecus africanus |
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| lightly built hominin found in South Africa, 3-3mya, evolved from A. afarensis, not clear is ancestor to Homo |
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| discovered A. africanus “sothern ape of Africa” |
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| A technology based on bone, teeth, and horn that Raymond Dart ascribed to Australopithecus AFRICANUS in the absence of any clear evidence of the use of stone tools by these hominins |
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| the study of the processes by which bones and artifacts finally become incorporated into a site and the factors that modify these assemblages |
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| questioned if australopiths hunted or were hunted (taphonomy) |
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| the study of the processes by which bones and artifacts finally become incorporated into a site and the factors that modify these assemblages. How these bones got here, death assemblages |
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| questioned if australopiths hunted or were hunted (taphonomy) |
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| “nutcracker man” Robust, very large teeth and chewing muscles, found in Oduvai by the Leakeys |
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| found alot of cool shit. Work in East africa. |
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| located in Tanzania, site has produced many early hominin fossils |
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| earliest member of homo, first found at Olduvai Gorge. +Humble+ |
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| Oldest known tool industry, numerous tool assemblages included choppers, flakes & cores |
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the site after which an archaeological occurrence, such as a stone industry, is
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| Kenya, early hominin fossils, A. Boisei and H. erectus |
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| site in Spain; it is a valley separating north and south migrating patterns; fauna shows signs of being butchered here |
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| Beachfront earlu Acheulian site, France, series of superimposed huts that are believed to be the earliest evidence for structures in Europe |
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| cave site in china, multiple occupations, bones of 45 H. Erectus individuals found, along with stone industry and handaxes |
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| site in central France where a relatively complete Neanderthal skeleton was discovered |
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| found in Europe and middle east, 200,000 to 40,000 ya, characterized by massive brow ridges, sloping forehead, long low skulls, and the absence of a chin |
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| discovered Neanderthal in la Chapelle |
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| Body mass is smaller in adaption to warm environments, and larger in adaption to cold environments |
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| Height is taller in adaption to warm environment and short in adaption to cold environments |
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| Neanderthal cave site in France, wide range of middle Paleolithic tools |
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| a technique by which a stone core is specially shaped so that flakes of a predetermined size and shape can be struck from it |
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| Location where cro-magnum, arignacian tools and the logan museum necklace where found. |
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| Material objects classify culture |
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| L. Binford (been ford, been functioning) |
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| How do different types of tool function |
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| Stone tools with a chisel-shaped facet, used for engraving and sometime cutting apart materials such as bone and antler |
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| Which hominid is associated with the first intentional burying of the dead? |
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| site in the Southwest of France; elaborate displays of cave art; over 1,500 pictures of animals; discovered in 1940s; site of tourism until it started to mold; closed in 1963; Hall of the Bulls displayed different art techniques |
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| switzerland cave site with stone chest of cave bear skulls and skulls placed in stone niches |
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| site that yielded seven Neanderthal burials (family cemetary ?) |
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| site in northern Ireland that yielded the remains of a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton, as well as estensive evidence for hearths, faunal remains, and middle paleolithic tools |
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| Cave site in northern Iraq that produced the remains of 9 neanderthals, including 5 that appear to have been intentionally buried, Alturism? |
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| A skeleton from Portugal of a 4-year old child dated 24,000ya shows features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly a hybrid |
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| cave site in northern Ireland that has produced the remains of anatomically modern humans -associated with a Levallosio-Mousterian stone tool industry |
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| Cave site in the Dordogne region of southwest france that produced the remains of anatomically modern humans |
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