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9 Cards in this Set
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Human and chimp wrist extention
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•Knuckle-walking chimps
have limited wrist extension • Humans are capable of much greater wrist extension |
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Precision grip
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• Long thumb
• Broad apical tuffs • Flexor pollicis longus |
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Lower Paleolithic
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Early Stone Age
-Tool techniques: Oldowan, First appearance:~2.5 mya, -Tool techniques:Acheulean First appearance:~1.5 mya |
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Middle
Paleolithic |
African period:Middle Stone Age
Tool techniques: Mousterian First appearance:~300 kya |
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Upper
Paleolithic |
Late Stone Age
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Oldowan tools
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Cut marks
Fracture patterns |
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Acheulean
tools |
Late Acheulean
wooden throwing spears = hunting -ovate hand ax, cordate hand ax, subcordate hand ax. sidescraper, irregular hand ax, ovate hand ax |
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Middle paleolithic and MSA tools
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-Scrapers
-points -dentricles |
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halfted tools
(Levallois) |
tools used on wood, hide, bone
-mounted points on wooden spear shafts, perhaps with leather thongs |
