Final Exam
Chapters
Pg. 316 on chap 11
12
13
14
Lecture
Intensive because of a lack of material
Neanderthals
Introduction
1856 the first neaderthal skeleton is recognized as a different species
Marcellin Boule says Neanderthals are brutish and dull
Boule was looking at elderly skeletons
Came from either Homo Erectus or Homo Heidelbergensis
Geo
Range
Europe
Asia Minor
Time
350 kya to 28 kya
possible split from AMH 500 kya
Some say Neaderthals and AMH interbred
Culture
Tools
Mousterian Industry
Neaderthals
Flake tools
Levallois technique
Subsistence
Lots of meat
High protein diet
Fairly healthy diet
hunting is very important to N~ and so they get injured frequently
Compassion
First evidence for helping hurt members
Burying and burial ritual
Digging graves
Grave goods
Carefully placed
Symbolism
possible for them to protray abstract ideas
1% of Neaderthals had red hair
Morphology
Larger brain than AMH
Different from H. Erectus
Large nasal aperture
cold climate adaptation
Prominent supraorbital ridge
Circular eye orbits
Skull capacity 1,550 cc
Cranium
Slightly larger incisors
Occipital bun on back of skull
Long, Flat, Low Skull
no forehead
Retromolar Gap
Midfacial prognathism
Chest
Shorter, Stockier Stature
Average height 5' 6"
Larger areas for muscle attachments
Thicker more robust limb bones
prob adaptation cold
Rules
Bergmann's Rule
Animals in colder climates have stockier and larger bodies
THis creates an increased body mass to surface ratio which helps to retain heat
surface area to body mass
Allen's Rule
Same as bergmanns
cold weather animals have stockier limbs than warm
Modern Humans
Morphology
Longer distal limbs
Cranial 1450 ccs
Narrow Thorax
Vertical forehead
Female Mitochonria shows no neaderthal DNA
Culture
Tools
Fishing
Great variety of tools
Religious activities
Figurines
monumental architecture
Writing
Cunieform
Hieroglyphics
Time
Leave africa 195 kya
Go to america by 20 kya
europe 40 kya
central asia by 67 kya
Geo
Introduction
What happa?
Hypotheses
Multi-regional
After homo erectus spread to africa genes flowed freely between populations so AMH could procreate with neaderthals.
Evidence
Neaderthal
Replacement (out of africa)
When homo erectus came out of africa, they got seperated. AMH replaced Neaderthals.