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Out of Africa Theory
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Proposes the modern humans evolved from a local population of archaic humans in Africa between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago. The group migrated from Africa and eventually replaced all other populations in the world. *All modern human variation evolved after this time; regional variation is a recent development; no mating between species. Yoel Rak
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Multiregional Evolution Theory
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Archaic human populations in regional areas slowly evolved into modern humans. Modern traits arose in some populations and spread to others through gene flow. Neandertals were a regional variation of h. sapiens; interbreeding was possible. Milford Wolpoff
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Microevolution
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Small genetic changes that occur over a few generations. Makes the alleles in a population more or less common over time.
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Macroevolution
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The broader pattern of change over thousands of generations through which new species form.
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The Neandertal Question
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Were Neandertals a seperate species, or able to mate with early modern humans?
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Fred Smith
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Paleoanthropologist that believes anatomical details suggest a contribution of Neandertals to early modern humans.
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Anne Stone
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Geneticist that believes that Neandertals were not a direct ancestor to humans, but more like a cousin to the modern human species.
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Homo neanderthalensis
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A stocky, cold adapted hominin that evolved in Europe by 150,000 years ago. Went extinct about 30,000 years ago.
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Homo sapiens
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A warm adapted, tall hominin that evolved in Africa by 160,000 years ago.
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African Technologies vs. Neandertal Technologies
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African technologies have some more advanced characteristics; the widespread use of composite tools. African tools also tend to be more standardized and elaborate.
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Shanidar Cave, Iraq
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Site that is one of the most famous examples of intentional burial by Neandertals. *They did not include any type of grave goods, or bury their dead in a way that indicates a belief in supernatural forces or an afterlife.
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Blombos Cave, South Africa
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The earliest documented art: a set of shells strung together to form a necklace and a piece of stone incised with hatch marks. 75,000 years old. (Made by modern humans)
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Upper Paleolithic
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Time period from about 40kya to 11kya (the end of the last ice age). It is characterized by modern human presence in Western Europe.
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Aurignacian
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Date: 40kya - 26kya
Characteristics: bladelets and split based bone points. |
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Gravettian
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Date: 26kya - 23kya
Characteristics: small hunting points |
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Solutrean
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Date: 23kya - 20kya
Characteristics: bifacial points |
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Magdalenian
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Date: 20kya - 11kya
Characteristics: bone harpoons |
