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11 Cards in this Set
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Cranial capacity |
Cubic capacity of the braincase Cranial capicty varies in hominin species, trend shows larger brains in more human species Neanderthal had biggest |
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Cerebral cortex |
Outer layer of the brain Plays key role in memory, thought, attention, awereness, language, perception and consciousness |
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Endocast |
A mold of the inside of a skull showing what the brain of a deciest organism would have looked like |
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Oldawan technology |
Refers to method used to make the first stone tools 2.5 mya Removing flakes from a stone core to get a sharp edge Tool tradition widespread with little variation |
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Laetoli |
Archeological site in N. Tanzania where hominin footprints are preserved Provides eveidence of upright posture |
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Oldavai |
Archeological site First stone tools discovered there |
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Evidence for eating meat |
Scavanging hypothesis Possible hunting Cut marks on bones |
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Tool caching |
Stone tools stored/collected from a single space were good stones were in plenty |
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Base camp |
Evidence that homo habilis had home site and transported outside meats and tools into camp |
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Stone tools |
Cobble tools- crude first stone tools Percusion method- how they made cobble tools |
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Food sharing |
Evidence of caring for other other beings; sick, wounded, old Human trait |
