Slide Set #26C Tim Roufs’ section Homo erectus in Africa

Time 23 July 2001

Time 23 July 2001

Homo erectus Orrorin Ardipithecus Australopithecus Paranthropus Homo tugenensis ramidus anamensis afarensis africanus garhi aethiopicus boisei robustus rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus sapiens

Homo Java (Trinil) Pithecanthropus erectus China (Beijing) Genus Homo Species rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus Java (Trinil) Pithecanthropus erectus China (Beijing) Homo erectus pekinensis Africa . . . Europe . . . sapiens

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 238

East Africa South Africa North Africa Homo erectus African East Africa South Africa North Africa

Kottak, Physical Anthropology & Archaeology (NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004), p

Kottak, Physical Anthropology & Archaeology (NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004), p

East Africa Homo erectus Olduvai East Turkana West Turkana Ethiopia OH 9 East Turkana ER 3733 West Turkana Nariokotome Boy (WT 15000) Ethiopia Konso-Gardula (KGA)

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 238

Homo erectus East Africa Olduvai OH 9

A Middle Pleistocene butchering site, Olorgesailie, Kenya Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., Fig. 11-18a

Acheulian tools, Olorgesailie, Kenya Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., Fig. 11-18b

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 224 Olduvai Homo erectus Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 224

Olduvai OH 9 East Turkana ER 3733 Homo erectus East Africa Olduvai OH 9 East Turkana ER 3733

KNM—ER 3733 http://faculty.vassar.edu/piketay/evolution/KNMER3733.html

ER 3733, the most complete East Turkana Homo erectus cranium Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 224

East Africa Homo erectus Olduvai East Turkana West Turkana OH 9 Nariokotome Boy (WT 15000)

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 235 KNM-WT15000 from Nariokotome, Kenya: the most complete Homo erectus specimen yet found Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 235

East Africa Homo erectus Olduvai East Turkana West Turkana Ethiopia OH 9 East Turkana ER 3733 West Turkana Nariokotome Boy (WT 15000) Ethiopia Konso-Gardula (KGA)

Swartkrans SK 15 (or Homo erectus ?) South Africa Swartkrans SK 15 (or Homo erectus ?)

Algeria Ternifine (now Tighenif) Homo erectus North Africa Algeria Ternifine (now Tighenif)

North Africa Homo erectus Algeria Morocco Ternifine (now Tighenif) Sidi Abderrahman Quarry Thomas Quarry Salé

REM Homo erecti are hand axe people

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