Slide Set 26 C Tim Roufs section Homo

Slide Set #26 C Tim Roufs’ section Homo erectus in Africa

Time 23 July 2001

Time 23 July 2001

Homo erectus • Orrorin • Ardipithecus • Australopithecus • Paranthropus • Homo • • • • tugenensis ramidus anamensis afarensis africanus garhi aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

Homo Genus Species Homo • rudolfensis ( “early” ) • habilis ( “early” ) • erectus – Java (Trinil) • Pithecanthropus erectus – China (Beijing) • Homo erectus pekinensis – Africa. . . – Europe. . . • sapiens

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9 th ed. , p. 238

Homo erectus African 1. East Africa 2. South Africa 3. North Africa

Kottak, Physical Anthropology & Archaeology (NY: Mc. Graw-Hill, 2004), p. 202.

Kottak, Physical Anthropology & Archaeology (NY: Mc. Graw-Hill, 2004), p. 203.

Homo erectus East Africa 1. Olduvai • OH 9 2. East Turkana • ER 3733 3. West Turkana • Nariokotome Boy (WT 15000) 4. Ethiopia • Konso-Gardula (KGA)

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9 th ed. , p. 238

Homo erectus East Africa 1. Olduvai • OH 9

A Middle Pleistocene butchering site, Olorgesailie, Kenya Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8 th ed. , Fig. 11 -18 a

Acheulian tools, Olorgesailie, Kenya Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8 th ed. , Fig. 11 -18 b

Olduvai Homo erectus Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9 th ed. , p. 224

Homo erectus East Africa 1. Olduvai • OH 9 2. East Turkana • ER 3733

KNM—ER 3733 http: //faculty. vassar. edu/piketay/evolution/KNMER 3733. html

ER 3733, the most complete East Turkana Homo erectus cranium Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9 th ed. , p. 224

Homo erectus East Africa 1. Olduvai • OH 9 2. East Turkana • ER 3733 3. West Turkana • Nariokotome Boy (WT 15000)

KNM-WT 15000 from Nariokotome, Kenya: the most complete Homo erectus specimen yet found Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9 th ed. , p. 235

Homo erectus East Africa 1. Olduvai • OH 9 2. East Turkana • ER 3733 3. West Turkana • Nariokotome Boy (WT 15000) 4. Ethiopia • Konso-Gardula (KGA)

Homo erectus South Africa 1. Swartkrans • SK 15 (or Homo erectus ? )

Homo erectus North Africa 1. Algeria • Ternifine (now Tighenif)

Homo erectus North Africa 1. Algeria • Ternifine (now Tighenif) 2. Morocco • Sidi Abderrahman Quarry • Thomas Quarry • Salé

REM Homo erecti are hand axe people

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