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When was the major migration out of Africa?
Ans: -60ka
-modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across
the world
When did modern humans evolve?
Ans: 200,000 years ago
modern Homo sapien derived characteristics:
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Ans: -small, flat face with portruding chin
-rounded skull
-cranial capacity of at least 1,350cc
-less robust post-cranial skeleton
-relatively long limbs and shorter trunks
why was the modern human less robust?
Ans: -relied more on elaborate tools and technological advancements,
less on body strength
how does modern human behavior compare to that of early
hominins?
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Ans: -much more complex and variable
-vast array of specialized tools and techniques to adapt to diverse
environments
-elaborate and varied symbolic, artistic, and religious behavior
-due to large geographic range
-ability to accumulate and transmit over successive generations
Middle Stone Age (MSA)
Ans: -The stone tool industries of sub-Saharan Africa and southern and
eastern Asia that existed 250 to 40 kya.
-counterpart of the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) in Europe
-varied, but flake tools were manufactured in all of them
-large social networks, Llong-distance exchange networks
MSA tools