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“Peking Man” aka Homo erectus pekinensis aka Sinanthropus

Class Slides Set # 26A Tim Roufs’ section. “Peking Man” aka Homo erectus pekinensis aka Sinanthropus. Time 23 July 2001. Time 23 July 2001. Genus Homo. Species rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus. Homo. Java (Trinil) Pithecanthropus erectus China (Beijing)

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“Peking Man” aka Homo erectus pekinensis aka Sinanthropus

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  1. Class Slides Set # 26A Tim Roufs’ section • “Peking Man” • aka Homo erectus pekinensis • aka Sinanthropus

  2. Time 23 July 2001

  3. Time 23 July 2001

  4. Genus Homo Species rudolfensis ( “early” ) habilis ( “early” ) erectus Homo • Java (Trinil) • Pithecanthropus erectus • China (Beijing) • Homo erectus pekinensis • Africa . . . • Europe . . . • sapiens

  5. Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 238

  6. Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present 1920s "Peking Man" • Choukoutien, China(now Zhoukoudian) • Sinanthropus • Homo erectus pekinensis • 0.5 - 0.2 mya

  7. Major Sites: China Choukoutien = Zhoukoudian ( Chou-kou-tien )

  8. Campbell – Loy, Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 295

  9. Zhoukoudian Cave.Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 267

  10. Homo erectus from ZhoukoudianUnderstanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 225

  11. Trinil Homo erectus from ZhoukoudianUnderstanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 227

  12. foraminia mentalia

  13. Homo erectus pekinensis Had larger cranial capacity 830 - 1300 cc avg. = 1075 Beijing people

  14. Campbell – Loy, Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 317

  15. Homo erectus pekinensis Had larger cranial capacity 830 - 1300 cc avg. = 1075 had fire Beijing people

  16. www.gridclub.com/fact_gadget/1001/human_world/prehistoric_people/639.htmlwww.gridclub.com/fact_gadget/1001/human_world/prehistoric_people/639.html

  17. The First Men (Little Brown, 1973), p. 26

  18. The First Men (Little Brown, 1973), p. 8

  19. The First Men (Little Brown, 1973), p. 29

  20. Homo erectus pekinensis Had larger cranial capacity 830 - 1300 cc avg. = 1075 had fire lived in caves Beijing people

  21. http://cssa.mit.edu/worldheritage/img/zkd/big/zkd-08b.jpg

  22. Homo erectus pekinensis Had larger cranial capacity 830 - 1300 cc avg. = 1075 had fire lived in caves had better tools Beijing people

  23. http://cssa.mit.edu/worldheritage/img/zkd/big/zkd-08b.jpg

  24. http://cssa.mit.edu/worldheritage/img/zkd/big/zkd-08b.jpg

  25. Quartzite chopper Flint point Flint Awl Graver or Burin Chinese Tools from Middle Pleistocene sites. Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 268

  26. Movius Line Source: Campbell and Loy, Humankind Emerging, 7th ed, p. 334

  27. Homo erectus pekinensis Had larger cranial capacity 830 - 1300 cc avg. = 1075 had fire lived in caves had better tools seemed inclined to eat their neighbor Beijing people

  28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2937187.stm

  29. http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/14863_cannibalism.htmlhttp://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/14863_cannibalism.html

  30. Homo erectus pekinensis Types of Cannibalism • Survival

  31. Homo erectus pekinensis Types of Cannibalism • Survival • Gustatory

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