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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

  • Neanderthal skull cap found 1856AD⊕
  • Pithecanthropus erectus (Now Homo erectus) found 1891AD⊕
  • Piltdown announced 1912AD⊕
  • Taung Child Announced 1924AD⊕
  • Piltdown is exposed as a fraud 1953AD⊕
  • Discovery and subsequent naming of, Zinj 1959AD⊕
  • Discovery of early Homo at Olduvai in same beds as Zinj 1960AD⊕
  • Homo habilis published 1964AD⊕
  • Discovery of Lucy, AL-288-1, at Hadar, Ethiopia 1974AD⊕
  • First Neanderthal DNA study published 1997AD⊕
  • Ardipithecus ramidus skeleton, Ardi, published 2009AD⊕
  • 10-1 Ma
  • 1-0.1 Ma
  • 0.1Ma - 8000BC
  • 8000BC-1000AD
  • 1000-1900AD
  • 1900-2000AD
  • 21st Century