Prehistoric Cultures
Class Slides Set # 01B
Tim Roufs’ section
Kinds of Major Finds
and
Announcements
of the
Past Quarter Century:
Biocultural Discoveries
Turnbaugh et al, p. 117
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/14814196.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4643312.stm
Brain Research
Pay attention to . . .
1. overall relative size

human brains average ca. 1325 cm3
[1450]
2. brain weight / body weight ratio

the amount of brain per pound of body weight
3. structural complexity

usually a convoluted (wrinkled) brain is more complex
Endocast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4308751.stm
zzzz
Endocast of
Australopithecus africanus
(Stw 505)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3496549.stm
zzzz
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051201-114744-9984r.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11009379/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10401930
http://www.sofdesign.com/neanderthin/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4478040.stm
Source Pravda: http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/14863_cannibalism.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6983300.stm
http://www.physorg.com/news99670723.html
Understanding Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th edition, p. 43.
“Did We Come Out of Africa?
Studies Collide”
“Out of Africa” [“Replacement
Theory”]
vs.
“Multi-Regional” Theory
New York Times
(12 January 2001)
https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/12/genographic/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4435009.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4435009.stm
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/nation/12678154.htm
“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/1/hi/sci/tech/3023685.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3663865.stm
http://www.startribune.com/789/story/1389465.html
http://www.startribune.com/789/story/1389465.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11164518/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3947461.stm