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Archaic H. sapiens Zambia Modern H. sapiens Ethiopia 160,000 ybp 300,000 ybp
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Earliest modern humans Africa:c. 200,000 ybp Asia:c. 90,000 ybp Europe:c. 35,000 ybp
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90,000 ybp Klasies River Mouth Cave South Africa chin
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Early modern humans more robust than present populations from the same regions Zhoukoudian, China 29,000 ybp Lothagam, Kenya 9,000 ybp
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Cro Magnon, France 30,000 ybp No trace of Neandertal features
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Modern Croatian Neandertal; But, Neandertal features in other populations of modern humans
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Chauvet Cave, France: c. 20,000 ybp
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Evolution in isolation
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Homo floresiensis ?
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Dwarfism and Gigantism on Islands Not universal but fairly common Natural selection – Dwarfism: food energy constraint – Gigantism: availability of large prey
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Gigantism: Komodo Dragons
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Stegodon Flores dwarf Est. 800 pounds Dwarfism
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Liang Bua cave
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Specialized tools, possibly hafted Note Small size
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2003 Skeleton Discovery Unearthed a skull, jaw, pelvis, and leg bones. Bones from an adult female. Homo erectus-like features (sloping forehead, arched brow ridges, but much smaller. Smallest brain of genus Homo – 1/3 size of modern humans. Specimen was radiocarbon and luminescence dated at about 18,000 years old.
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Two dating methods: 35,000 – 18,000 ybp Brain smaller than that of smallest Australopithcines 380-420 cc Homo floresiensis reported in 2004
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c 3 ft tall c. 55 lbs.
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Did H. floresiensis interact with H. sapiens? Modern humans arrived in Borneo roughly 43,000 years ago Liang Bua site in Flores was buried by a volcano 11,000 years ago. 20,000 years of possible co-existence.
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