pekinensis aka Sinanthropus Class Slides Set 26A Tim Roufs section Time 23 July 2001 Time 23 July 2001 Homo Genus Homo Species rudolfensis early habilis early ID: 930009
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“Peking Man”
aka Homo erectus pekinensis aka Sinanthropus
Class Slides Set # 26A
Tim Roufs’ section
Slide2Time
23 July 2001
Slide3Time
23 July 2001
Slide4Homo
GenusHomoSpeciesrudolfensis ( “early” )habilis ( “early” )erectusJava (Trinil
)
Pithecanthropus erectus
China
(Beijing)
Homo erectus
pekinensis
Africa . . .
Europe . . .
sapiens
Slide5Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed.,
p. 238
Slide6Selected Major Discoveries / Events, ca. 1850 - Present
"Peking Man" Choukoutien, China(now Zhoukoudian)Sinanthropus Homo erectus pekinensis 0.5 - 0.2 mya 1920s
Slide7Slide8Major Sites: China
Choukoutien = Zhoukoudian( Chou-kou-tien )
Slide9Campbell – Loy,
Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 295
Slide10Zhoukoudian Cave.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 267
Slide11Homo erectus
from ZhoukoudianUnderstanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 225
Slide12Trinil
Homo erectus from ZhoukoudianUnderstanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 227
Slide13Slide14foraminia mentalia
Slide15Slide16Slide17Homo erectus pekinensis
Had larger cranial capacity830 - 1300 ccavg. = 1075Beijing people
Slide18Campbell – Loy,
Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 317
Slide19Homo erectus pekinensis
Had larger cranial capacity830 - 1300 ccavg. = 1075had fireBeijing people
Slide20www.gridclub.com/fact_gadget/1001/human_world/prehistoric_people/639.html
Slide21Slide22The First Men
(Little Brown, 1973), p. 26
Slide23The First Men
(Little Brown, 1973), p. 8
Slide24The First Men
(Little Brown, 1973), p. 29
Slide25Slide26Slide27Slide28Slide29Slide30Homo erectus pekinensis
Had larger cranial capacity830 - 1300 ccavg. = 1075had firelived in cavesBeijing people
Slide31http://cssa.mit.edu/worldheritage/img/zkd/big/zkd-08b.jpg
Slide32Slide33Homo erectus pekinensis
Had larger cranial capacity830 - 1300 ccavg. = 1075had firelived in caveshad better toolsBeijing people
Slide34http://cssa.mit.edu/worldheritage/img/zkd/big/zkd-08b.jpg
Slide35http://cssa.mit.edu/worldheritage/img/zkd/big/zkd-08b.jpg
Slide36Slide37Slide38Chinese Tools from Middle Pleistocene sites.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 268Quartzite chopper Flint point Flint Awl Graver or Burin
Slide39Slide40Source: Campbell and Loy,
Humankind Emerging, 7th ed, p. 334Movius Line
Slide41Homo erectus pekinensis
Had larger cranial capacity830 - 1300 ccavg. = 1075had firelived in caveshad better toolsseemed inclined to eat their neighborBeijing people
Slide42Slide43http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2937187.stm
Slide44Slide45http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/14863_cannibalism.html
Slide46Homo erectus pekinensis
f2003 edit these out in favor of a separate file on cannibalism. Use ca-cannibalism.pptTypes of Cannibalism
Slide47Homo erectus pekinensis
SurvivalTypes of Cannibalism
Slide48Slide49Homo erectus pekinensis
SurvivalGustatoryTypes of Cannibalism
Slide50Slide51Slide52Slide53Cannibalism
“Bones Offer Evidence of a Neanderthal - Eat - Neanderthal World”78 fragments from 6 skeletonsca. 100,000 ybp30 September 1999Moula-Gercy, France
Slide54(ABACNEWS.com/MagellanGeographix)
Slide55Fragment of a Neandertal Thigh bone
(UCAL Berkeley / AP Photo)
Slide56Homo erectus pekinensis
SurvivalGustatoryRitualistic or IncorporativeTypes of Cannibalism
Slide57Slide58Homo erectus
Modern deposits and bonesSampoeng stratum (Neolithic)Ngandong stratum (Upper Pleistocene)Trinil stratum (Middle Pleistocene)Djetis stratum (Lower Pleistocene)Three or more strata (Pliocene)Java stratigraphy
Slide59Homo erectus pekinensis
Beijing people were geographically isolatedThis shows up in . . .
Slide60Homo erectus pekinensis
Mongoloid shovel-shaped incisorstaurodontismmolars and premolars with enlarged pulp cavities extending downward into fused rootsmandibular torusheavy bony ridge on inside of lower jaw from canine to first molar on each sideextra foraminia mentalia2 - 5 openings in lower jawbone through which pass the nerves and blood vessels
Slide61Homo erectus pekinensis
Mongoloid shovel-shaped incisors
Slide62Shovel-shaped incisors, shown here in a modern
Homo sapiens sapiensUnderstanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 263
Slide63Homo erectus pekinensis
Mongoloid shovel-shaped incisorstaurodontismmolars and premolars with enlarged pulp cavities extending downward into fused roots
Slide64Slide65Homo erectus pekinensis
Mongoloid shovel-shaped incisorstaurodontismmolars and premolars with enlarged pulp cavities extending downward into fused rootsmandibular torusheavy bony ridge on inside of lower jaw from canine to first molar on each side
Slide66Slide67Homo erectus pekinensis
Mongoloid shovel-shaped incisorstaurodontismmolars and premolars with enlarged pulp cavities extending downward into fused rootsmandibular torusheavy bony ridge on inside of lower jaw from canine to first molar on each sideextra foraminia mentalia2 - 5 openings in lower jawbone through which pass the nerves and blood vessels
Slide68Homo erectus
pekinensis
Slide69Homo sapiens
sapiens
Slide70Major Sites: China
Lantian(Chenjiawo)
Slide71Homo erectus
from Lantian (Chenjawo)Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 225
Slide72Major Sites: China
Hexian(Lontandong Cave)
Slide73Homo erectus
from Hexian (Lontandong Cave)Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 225
Slide74Kottak,
Physical Anthropology & Archaeology (NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004), p. 202.
Slide75Kottak, Physical Anthropology & Archaeology
(NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004), p. 203.
Slide76REM
Homo erecti are hand axe people
Slide77Homo erectus in AfricaNext: