For many years‚ scientists have wondered about the evolution of mankind. The two theories that scientists have come up with over the years to explain the theory of evolution were the multiregional theory and out of Africa theory. The multiregional theory expresses the idea that Homo erectus developed in different parts of the world. The out of Africa theory expresses that Homo erectus developed in Africa nearly two million-years-ago and as the temperatures changed‚ they moved throughout the world
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In Pike‚ Hoffman‚ Garcia-Diez‚ Pettitt‚ Alcolea‚ Balbin‚ Gonzalez- Sainz‚ De Las Heras‚ Lashera‚ Montes & Zilhao (2012: 1409-1413) the dates cave paintings definitively commenced was in the Early Aurignacian period‚ around 40‚000 to 28‚000 thousand years ago (kya). The evidence being the hand stencil art of blowing pigment around the hand from El Castillo‚ the large red disk which is one of the oldest known arts from Europe‚ (Pike et al. 2012: 1409-1413)
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These Paleolithic Art the Venus of Willendorff and Dolini Vestonice‚ are both estimated from the same time around 23‚000 to 28‚000 B.C‚ but discovered in two different locations in Europe. “Man-made artifacts from this period shows the very earliest signs of workmanship‚ from small personal adornments and cave paintings to the prevalent Venus figurines‚ which represent the earliest known works of figurative art.”(Holloway) These two figurines are believed to represent the symbolism of fertility or
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recent estimate of age was in the 1990’s and was placed at 24‚000 to 22‚000 BCE after scientific research was performed on the rock stratification. This statuette was discovered by Josef Szombathy in 1908 near the town of Willendorf‚ Austria‚ in an Aurignacian loess deposit‚ which loosely defined is a yellow brown loamy geological deposit dating to the Paleolithic period. The name Venus was first associated with the figurine as a joke. The small‚ crudely carved statuette of an obese woman contrasts heavily
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Human Evolution Who we are as a species‚ and where we came from; make up the basis of a fantastic story‚ spanning more than 4 million years. The search for the origins of humanity will be a story of bones and the tales they tell. It’s a story that begins in Africa‚ where our ancestors first stood up.Over millions of years they continued to evolve and eventually spread out across the globe. Some species adapted to the changing world‚ while others went extinct. Today only a single species
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Professor Weber ARH2050 Venus of Willendorf: An Annotated Bibliography Witcombe‚ C. 2003. “Women in Prehistory: The "Venus" of Willendorf” http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/Willendorf_portfolio.htm Witecombe’s article was useful in describing the material the figure was carved from‚ oolitic limestone. He described the material as nonnative to the region‚ which he inferred that the figure must have traveled there from another area. Witecombe also described the method the Venus
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Question 1 Multiple Choice 1 points A hominid is an ape-like primate that walks on two legs a non-human animal an example of a "paradigm" none of these A Question 2 Multiple Choice 1 points Biocultural anthropologists study hominid evolution the relationship of the skeleton with its surrounding tissue human variation the interplay of biological and cultural factors D Question 3 Multiple Choice 1 points
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E. April 5‚ 2008. Neandertals speak out after 30‚000 years. New Scientist. Retrieved From http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13672-neandertals-speak-out-after-30000-years.html Hitchcock‚ Don. May 21‚ 2011. Kebara Cave. A middle paleolithic Aurignacian and Mousterian Site Kamrani‚ K. October 18‚ 2007. Neandertals have the same mutations in FOXP2‚ the language gene‚ as modern humans Mahathey‚ S. December‚ 2000. Neandertal speech capability and the limitations of osteological Analysis Phillips
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1) INTRODUCTION The subject of innovation and the innovative abilities of prehistoric hominid populations is a widely discussed and disseminated area of research throughout the academic community. It is to be noted‚ however‚ that only very rarely‚ if ever‚ is any differentiation made between distinct forms of innovation. This paper will endeavour‚ therefore‚ to identify two separate forms of innovation and justify the demarcation between the two by analysing the ways in which they are represented
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DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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