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Homo sapiens sapiens

Prehistoric "Early Moderns"

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In the news . . .

Bone Flute Is Oldest Instrument, Study Says -- National Geographic News (24 June 2009)

Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought? -- National Geographic News (03 December 2008)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology

 

Human Line 'Nearly Split in Two' BBC News (4/24/08)

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Homo sapiens

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Variety 

Alternative Name

Example

Homo

sapiens

heidelberg-
ensis

 

"Pre-Modern"
("Archaic")

Heidelberg, Steinheim, Swanscombe, Kabwe . . .

Neanderthal-
ensis
?

Neandertal

"Hobbit"


sapiens
(prehistoric)

Prehistoric
"Early Moderns"

Cro-Magnon, Border Cave, Qafzeh, etc.

sapiens
(contemporary)

Contemporary
"Moderns"

UMD Students

Special Case: Piltdown

Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 8th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

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