Physical Antropology

Physical Anthropology

Homo ergaster is claimed to be one of the most problematic among the accepted species designations in anthropological studies , researches and literature . Actually , homo ergaster is seen as a valid taxon , though some researchers object to this claim stating that the difference between ergaster and erectus is insignificant . It means that ergaster species are considered erectus geographically . Firstly , homo ergaster is found in Africa

Out of Africa ' is a hypothesis that refers to human evolution . On the one hand it is assumed that humans originated from archaic forebears

though , on the other hand , it is stated that humans are provided with only maternal lines of a woman who lived more than 200 ,000 years ago in Africa . According to this idea , humans were born in one place and then spread elsewhere

Franz Weidenreich is one of the most famous German anthropologists noted for discovering Peking Man Homo erectus found in 1930 in Zhoukoundein His careful notes and other materials about the Homo erectus survived the World War II , whereas the original materials were completely lost

Homo habilis is species of the genus homo . Homo habilis probably lived more than 2 million years ago at the early Pleistocene age . Their fossils were found in the East Africa , Tanzania , by Louis and Mary Leakey . homo habilis are claimed to be the first homo species to appear though they weren 't similar in appearance to modern humans - they were short and their arms were rather disproportionably long compared with modern humans

Eugene Dubois was the first among anthropologists who deliberately searched human ancestors , especially their fossils . Dubois succeeded in discovering a handful of fossils belonged to human ancestors . Actually he focused on providing clear explanation of relationships between the weight of human brain and his body weight . He claimed that animals were provided with encephalization promoting innovative approach

Dmanisi is a small town in Georgia situated about 90 km southwest of Tbilisi . Dmanisi is also archaeological site in Kvemo Kartli because collections of ancient artifacts along with ruined structures , buildings and remains of prehistoric humans were found there . Primitive stone tools were found in 1984 and , thus , the interest to the place increased swiftly . Later fossil hominid jaws and skulls were reveled and described . Some of animal bones were found there as well

La Chapelle-aux-Saints is a small village in France noted for its cave where the bones of an adult Neandertal male were firstly revealed in the beginning of the 20th century . Studies about the Neandertal appeared in 1911-1913 and were led by French anthropologist Marcellin Boule Actually , this discovery in the village became a classical of specimen claimed to diverge from appearance of modern humans

Nariokotome is the site located in Kenya and famous for the found complete skeleton of a boy called Turkana or Nariokotome Boy . The boy was between elevel-thirteen years of age and was stated to belong to homo ergaster . The boy was discovered by Kamoya Kimeu and Alan Walker in 1984 . Actually , the site...