A continuation of the story of human evolution, examining some of the later species of Homo that coexisted throughout the ice ages. We look at the later developments of Homo erectus in Asia and meet Homo naledi. Then we focus on the Neanderthals and what we know about their lives, ending with a brief look at several mystery humans like the Denisovans.
Transcript: https://riverofhistory.tumblr.com/post/183516695796/episode-8-lost-peoples
Links and References Mentioned:
Acheulean Artwork: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-think-neandertal/201504/the-handaxe-enigma
Trinil Shell: http://johnhawks.net/weblog/archaeology/lower/trinil-shell-engraving-2014.html
German Bison Hunt: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298971814_The_oldest_hominin_butchery_in_European_mid-latitudes_at_the_Jaramillo_site_of_Untermassfeld_Thuringia_Germany
Invalidity of ‘Homo heidelbergensis’: https://nutcrackerman.com/2016/11/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-the-death-of-homo-heidelbergensis/
“European phenomenon” by Richard
Klein: from the chapter “Hominin Dispersals in the Old World” from The Human Past, Thames & Hudson
(2018)
Chinese & Korean neanderthals?:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004724840800050X
& https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248499903901
Neanderthal Skin, Hair, & Eye
color: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/03/were-some-neandertals-brown-eyed-girls
Neanderthal Spear-throwing: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/neanderthal-spears-threw-pretty-well/581218/
Neanderthal Boats?: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/neandertals-stone-age-people-may-have-voyaged-mediterranean
Possible Artwork by Neanderthals: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02357-8
Candace Alcorta & Richard
Sosis, religions: https://richard-sosis.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2243/2018/08/2005-Sosis-Special-Issue-on-Religion.pdf
Denisovan Skull piece: https://www.sapiens.org/evolution/denisovan-skull-found/
Possible Chinese Denisovans: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/ancient-skulls-may-belong-elusive-humans-called-denisovans
