Table of contents

• Defining Paleoanthropology
• Origin of Paleoanthropology
• Importance of Bones
• Early Hominid Fossils
• Phylogeny and Chronology
• Early Hominid Behavior
• Oldowan
• Acheulean
• Hominids of the Acheulean
  • Technology in the Acheulean
• Hominids of the Middle Paleolithic
  • Technology of the Middle Paleolithic
• Upper Paleolithic
• Dating Techniques
• Cultural Evolution
• Darwinian Thought
• Genetics
• Contemporary Primates
• Humans as Primates
• Origin of Language

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To effectively study paleoanthropology, one must understand that it is a subdiscipline of anthropology and have a basic understanding of archaeology dating techniques, evolution of cultures, Darwinian thought, genetics, and primate behaviors.