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July 2002: discovery of a third skull from Dmanisi
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Looks more like habilis
-very complete |
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Intepretations of new Dmanisi skull
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• Authors say:
– It fills the morphological gap between H. habilis and H. ergaster – Implies there is evolutionary continuity between these two paleospecies |
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H. ergaster Summary
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• Homo ergaster (1.8-600kya)
• Lake Turkana, Olduvai, Swartkrans • Cranial and postcranial synapomorphies with later Homo – Thick brows, sulcus, and crests – Human like long lean body – Endurance running? • Oldowan and Acheulean tools |
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Early Homo in Asia:
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H. erectus and H. floresiensis
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