Chapter 9 The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

Key Terms

Acheulian	p. 203
Dmanisi	p. 202
Grade	p. 220
Nariokotome	p. 198
Nuchal torus	p. 199
Pleistocene	p. 204
Zhoukoudian	p. 205

Suggested Internet Exercises

Go online to the University of Burgos’ website on Atapuerca (http://www.atapuerce.com). Explore the website and list three reasons why paleoanthropolgists consider this to be one of the most important hominid sites outside Africa.