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Prehistoric CulturesClass Slides Set # 01B
Tim Roufs’ section
Kinds of Major Finds and
Announcementsof the
Past Quarter Century:
(Pre- Homo sapiens sapiens)
Prehistoric Primates
Prehistoric Primates
(and other prehistoric species)
are no longer around.
Why?
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
(c)1997, 1998, 1999 Dinosaur Interplantary Gazette, All Rights ReservedSource: www.dinosaur.org
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0202_060202_evolution.html
Motochondrial
Eve
Understanding Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th edition, p. 43.
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
“Did We Come Out of Africa? Studies Collide”
“Out of Africa” [“Replacement Theory”]
vs. “Multi-Regional” Theory
New York Times(12 January 2001)
Hobbit
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=198867&page=1
http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html
Mysteries of newly-found 'hobbit' lure tourists to remote Indonesian isle Mysteries of newly-found 'hobbit' lure tourists to remote Indonesian isle
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17497640%255E2702,00.html
http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2108823&
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=198867&page=1
Gigantopithecus(Bigfoot ?)
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/flores/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4648598.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3631256.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/12/secret.waterfall.ap/
Anova 30 October 2001
Weekly World News -- 30 October 2001
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1208_051208_giant_ape.html
http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/opr/nms/newsreleases/2005/rink.html
Neandertal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4986668.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5343266.stm?lsm
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
NeandertalsNeandertals
1. Is Neandertal a separate species than Homo sapiens ?
Four important Neandertal questions
NeandertalsNeandertals
1. Is Neandertal a separate species than Homo sapiens ?
2. Why did the Neandertals disappear so rapidly ?• The “Neandertal Problem”
• Out-fought ?
• Genetically Absorbed ?
• Killed off by tropical and warm-climate diseases for which they had no resistance ?
Four important Neandertal questions
NeandertalsNeandertals
1. Is Neandertal a separate species than Homo sapiens ?
2. Why did the Neandertals disappear so rapidly ?• The “Neandertal Problem”
3. Did Neandertals have speech like we know it ?• The “Lieberman” hypothesis
Four important Neandertal questions
NeandertalsNeandertals
1. Is Neandertal a separate species than Homo sapiens ?
2. Why did the Neandertals disappear so rapidly ?• The “Neandertal Problem”
3. Did Neandertals have speech like we know it ?
4. Did Neandertals interbreed with Homo sapiens sapiens ? Are we part Neandertal?
Four important Neandertal questions
“Are our kin Neanderthals?”
University of Utah researcher, John Hawks,says Neanderthals bred with modern humans
Deseret News(15 January 2001)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3256228.stm
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050314/neanderthal.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1687212,00.html
“Other Archaics”
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
Homo erectus
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pekingman7apr07,1,4016461.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20051114/homocrunch_arc.html
Homo habilis
Australopithecus
3.5 mya Australopithecus
suggesting our ancestorswere less chimp-like than
we thought
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
WT 17000
“The Black Skull”2.5 mya
Australopithecus aethiopicus
(aka Australopithecus boisei)
KNM-WT 17000
•Kenya National Museum•West Lake Turkana, Kenya•Find # 17,000
Fossil Naming Conventions
K enya N a tiona lMuseum
W est T urka na Find #17,000
KNM -W T 17000K
http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/australopithecusaethiopicus.htm
Other early hominids
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4900946.stm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/04/13/MNGMII8GLK1.DTL&o=1
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996353
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-09/ps-chw090204.php
Orrorin tugenensis Femur
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthtribune/news/nation/10212249.htm
July 23, 2001
Ardipithecusramiduskadabba
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=8104820
“Toumai”
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=8104820
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4416757.stm
“Toumai”
KNM-WT 17000
Sahelanthropustchadensis
Pre-hominidapes
and monkeys
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pctimes.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1118_041118_great_ape_ancestor.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1118_041118_great_ape_ancestor.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/18/great.apes/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4014351.stm
