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Week 4           Archaeology

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Paleolithic Archaeology Paleoanthropology


Basic Overview of PaleoanthropologyHistory of the Old EarthDating Methods Used in PaleoanthropologyHistory of PaleoanthropologyEvolutionary lines, trees, bushes, and speciesArdipithecusAustralopithecusHomoPutting it all together

History of Paleoanthropology

This is a good movie on the history of paleoanthropology called Ape to Man put out by the History Channel. They did a commendable job of capturing the major events, and these are listed below. You should watch the whole movie.


Neanderthal skull cap found 1856 ADPithecanthropus erectus (Now Homo erectus) found 1891ADPiltdown announced 1912 ADTaung Child Announced 1924 ADPiltdown is exposed as a fraud 1953 ADDiscovery and subsequent naming of, Zinj 1959ADDiscovery of early Homo at Olduvai in same beds as Zinj 1960 ADHomo habilis published 1964 ADDiscovery of Lucy, AL-288-1, at Hadar, Ethiopia 1974ADFirst Neanderthal DNA study published 1997ADArdipithecus ramidus skeleton, Ardi, published 2009AD

1997AD First Neanderthal DNA study published

Several other Neanderthal specimens have yielded DNA since.

Matthias Krings, lead author on 1st paper decoding Neanderthal DNA

Matthias Krings, lead author on 1st paper decoding Neanderthal DNA

 

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