Opening discussion What did "Soapy Sam" say to "Darwin's Bulldog” at the British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860? How did to "Darwin's Bulldog” reply? What is the RIGHT answer?
Some human relatives ~~ 1.Australopithecus Afarensis 2.Homo Habilis 3.Homo Erectus (Ergaster) 4.Homo Floresiensis 5.Paranthropus Boisei For your relative: 1.Find a picture 2.When did they live 3.Where did they live 4.Did they use tools?
The Deep History of Technology Peter Barker University of Oklahoma
-2.5 Myr earliest stone tools
-1.6 Myr to -150 kyr Acheulian hand axe
-1 Myr earliest domestic fires
-500 kyr stone spear tips
-71kyr to 40 kyr microliths (arrowheads) KS Brown et al. Nature 000, 1-4 (2012) doi: /nature11660
-77 kyr earliest symbols
-29 kyr earliest symbols
-10 kyr earliest painted object in North America