Re: Archaic H. sapiens???
HARRY R. ERWIN (herwin@osf1.gmu.edu)
6 Jan 1997 00:02:57 GMT
Gerrit Hanenburg (G.Hanenburg@inter.nl.net) wrote:
: herwin@osf1.gmu.edu (HARRY R. ERWIN) wrote:
: >There are also some skeletal differences, which are most pronounced in
: >early H. erectus--the Turkana boy shows evidence for a recent climbing phase.
: Would you care to explain the evidence? I've read "The Nariokotome
: Homo erectus skeleton", and although it mentions some skeletal
: differences between H.erectus and H.sapiens, I don't remember any of
: them being particularly related to a recent climbing fase.
Funnel-shaped thorax (most obviously), longer vertebrae spines, and longer
femur necks.
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Harry Erwin, Internet: herwin@gmu.edu, Web Page: http://osf1.gmu.edu/~herwin
49 year old PhD student in computational neuroscience ("how bats do it" 8)
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