Homo sapiens Biological Anthropology Final Exam Ithaca College
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Homo habilis
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Age: 1.6mya Area: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania Brain: 510cc longer arms, smaller teeth, Oldowan tools
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Homo rudolfensis
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Age: 1.6mya Area: Kenya Brain: 750cc pretty much the same as habilis except for different face and teeth and brain size
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Homo erectus
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Age: 35,000ya Brain: 1000cc used Oldowan, Achevlean technology
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Homo ergaster
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Age: 1.7mya Area: Africa Brain: 1000cc more gracile, sagittal keeling, essentially African version of erectus Turkana Boy
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Homo heidelbergensis
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Age: 250,000ya Area: Africa, Europe, Asia, England Brain: 1200cc separate brow ridge, evidence of cannibalism, evidence of hunting, levallois tools
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Neandertal
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Age: 30,000ya Brain: 1460cc Sloping forehead, lack of chin, low skull, cold adapted, retromolar gap, occipital bun, mousterian tools
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Homo sapien
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Age: 100,000ya Brain: 1450cc defined chin, upper paleolithic tools
