Prehistoric Cultures Class Slides Set 20 Tim Roufs

Prehistoric Cultures Class Slides Set # 20 Tim Roufs’ section “Early Homo”

Prehistoric Cultures “Early Homo”

Glossary “Early Homo” = • Homo rudolfensis. . . • Homo habilis. . .

Australopithecines - Homo Genus Species • Australopithecus • • • Paranthropus • Homo ramidus afarensis africanus aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

Homo Genus Species • Homo • rudolfensis ( “early” ) • habilis ( “early” ) • erectus – – Java China Africa Europe • sapiens – neanderthalensis – sapiens

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present e. g. , 1961 Homo habilis • • Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 700 cc brain tool manufacture 1. 85 - 1. 6 mya

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present e. g. , 1972 Homo habilis • Lake Turkana, East Africa • “ 1470” (and “ 1590”) • 2. 0 mya

Epochs: Tertiary / Quaternary

Epochs: Tertiary / Quaternary

Australopithecines -Homo Genus Species • Australopithecus • • • Paranthropus • Homo ramidus afarensis africanus aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

Glossary “Early Homo” = • Homo rudolfensis. . . • Homo habilis. . .

Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present e. g. , 1961 Homo habilis • • Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 700 cc brain tool manufacture 1. 85 - 1. 6 mya

Major Trends: Brain Development brains develop in 1. size. . . 2. the ratio of brain weight to overall body weight. . . 3. complexity. . .

Major Trends: Brain Development brains develop in 1. size. . .

Major Trends: Brain Development brains develop in 1. size. . . 2. the ratio of brain weight to overall body weight. . .

Major Trends: Brain Development the cerebral cortex (neocortex) • increases in area

Glossary “Early Humans” = Earliest lithic tool makers. . .

Glossary “Early Humans” = Hominids. . .

Major Species Homo rudolfensis – (ER-1470. . . ) • one of two species of “Early Homo” • inhabited South and East Africa – 2. 4 – 1. 6 mya

KNM - WT 17000 • Kenya National Museum • Find # 17, 000 • West Lake Turkana, Kenya

Major Species Homo habilis – (Olduvai, Koobi Fora. . . ) • one of two species of “Early Homo” • inhabited South and East Africa – 2. 0 – 1. 6 mya

Major Species Homo habilis – • Olduvai Gorge, East Africa • 1961 • 700 cc. Brain • tool manufacture

Australopithecines - Homo Genus Species • Australopithecus • • • Paranthropus • Homo ramidus afarensis africanus aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

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