3.987 - Human Origins and Evolution
Spring, 2006
Lectures 18 - 19: Successors to Homo erectus
Key terms, concepts and questions to ponder
You should become familiar with the following terms, concepts, people and places from
your readings in Campbell/Loy for these three lectures. You should also give some consideration
to the problems and issues mooted in the "To Ponder" section.
Vocabulary
Homo antecessor
Homo heidelbergensis
archaic Homo sapiens
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens sapiens
Candelabra model
Noah’s Ark model
(regional continuity)
(replacement hypothesis, Out of Africa)
Middle Palaeolithic
Middle Stone Age
Mousterian Industry
prepared core technologies
Mousterian of Acheulian Tradition
Levallois core technology
Typical Mousterian
disc core technology
Denticulate Mousterian
La Quina Mousterian
La Ferrassie Mousterian
Bodo
Kabwe