Anthropology Ch. 5

Where the first specimens of the oldest human tools were found.

sub-species of australopithecine. in direct line with humans, and has bipedalism.

species of large brained hominids

Study of processes that objects undergo in the course of becoming part of a fossil.

lower paleolithic stone-tool associated with erectus characterized by hand axes or stone bifaces.

associated with h.erectus.

associated with archaic H.sapiens and neanderthals.

associated with more modern humans.

from 500,000 to 200,000 years ago where they possessed features seen in homo erectus.

one subpopulation of erectus underwent massive evolution and multiplied rapidly.

evolution to homo sapiens happened gradually through traditional range.

sub-species of homo sapiens that lived in Europe and western Asia.

middle paleolithic stone tool tradition

highly elaborate stone tool traditions.

tortoise shell flakes worked from a core.