1. Chapter 12: Origin and Evolution of the Genus Homo

2. Climate Change and the Spread of Homo erectus

3. LARGER BRAINCASE SMALLER, LESS PROGNATHIC FACE SMALLER TEETH LARGER BODY MORE EFFICIENT BIPEDALISM Difference between Homo and Australopithecus?

4. Homo habilis

5. Homo rudolfensis

6. Homo ergaster

7. Home erectus

8. Lumpers versus Splitters

9. Tool Use – Key Terms Oldowan: the tool industry characterized by simple, usually unifacial core and flake tools. Tool industry: a particular style or tradition of making stone tools. Core: the raw material source (a river cobble or large flake) from which flakes are removed. Flake: the stone fragment struck from a core, thought to have been the primary tools of the Oldowan. Hammerstone: a stone used for striking cores to produce flakes or bones to expose marrow.

10. Oldowan Tool Industry

11. Multi-Tool

12. Hunters or Scavengers?

13. Page 349

14. Homo erectus morphology

15. Body

17. Homo erectus diaspora Republic of Georgia The Hobbit “Peking Man” Homo erectus in Europe What controversial topic is this going to lead to?

18. Better Tools Acheulean: stone tool industry of the early and middle Pleistocene characterized by the presence of bifacial hand axes and cleavers. This industry is made by a number of Homo species, including H. erectus and H. sapiens.

19. Hand Axe

20. Cleaver

21. Movius Line

22. LEISURE TIME INCREASE IN BRAIN SIZE COOKED MEAT Eating meat advantages?

23. Why did Homo erectus leave Africa?