Week 4 Archaeology

Weekly Topics and subtopics

Paleolithic Archaeology Paleoanthropology

Basic Overview of Paleoanthropology History of the Old Earth Dating Methods Used in Paleoanthropology History of Paleoanthropology Evolutionary lines, trees, bushes, and species ArdipithecusAustralopithecusHomoPutting 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 AD Pithecanthropus erectus (Now Homo erectus) found 1891AD Piltdown announced 1912 AD Taung Child Announced 1924 AD Piltdown is exposed as a fraud 1953 AD Discovery and subsequent naming of, Zinj 1959AD Discovery of early Homo at Olduvai in same beds as Zinj 1960 AD Homo habilis published 1964 AD Discovery of Lucy, AL-288-1, at Hadar, Ethiopia 1974AD First Neanderthal DNA study published 1997AD Ardipithecus ramidus skeleton, Ardi, published 2009AD

1924AD Taung Child Announced

Taung child found by quarryman working for the Northern Lime Company in Taung, South Africa. Published in 1925 by Raymond Dart in Nature as Australopithecus africanus.

Raymond Dart with the Taung skull

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1924AD Taung Child Announced

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