Anthro 101-Neanderthals
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- Neandertal myth and why?
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huge, brutish, agressive, CAVE DWELLING
b/c of old scientific methods of analyzing remains with pathological conditions - New Scientific Evidence of Neanderthals
- effective predators, intelligent, highly adaptable
- Cranial Morphology of Neanderthals
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large cranial capacity
receding chin/forehead
lower occipital bun
large projecting nose
sloping zygomatics (cheek bones)
mandibular space (molars after ascending ramus) - Areas of Neanderthals
- Europe, Middle East, Western Asia (Cold Areas)
- Neanderthal Culture
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Mousterian Tools
Habitat:(cave to open sites)
- Neanderthal Theories
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Divergence: ovetime robustness becomes beneficial and are descendants of homo erectus (go extinct)
Phase:phase not disctinct species. Part of H. Sapien species as subgroup
European cold=selection for variation among groups then gene flow after cold age