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I would like to know a litte about each one of the species I mentiond in the subject line.  What they did to live, population growth, technology, and climate, and how any of these changes affected each species, good or bad.
I am an anthro student working on a final project and any info you can give me would be great!  Thank you very much.
Bernadette Fish

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Bernadette
This is a huge and involved question, one beyond the scope of what I can answer via Allexperts.  However, I didn't just want to dismiss your question without comment  What I can do is refer you to references that will help you find out what you want to know about these species
These are two of the best college-level textbooks on human evolution.
Richard Klein  The Human Career, Second Edition.
Rob Foley and Roger Lewin, Human Evolution, Fifrth Edition.
The Smithsonian Institution and the British Museum of Natural History, as well as the BBC have good websites with summaries of what is known about these species.
Sincerely
John Shea
Also: Apologies for the delay in my reply, I was called away from campus suddenly and did not have time to set my "unavailable" settings on the Allexperts website.

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John Shea

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Questions about Old World prehistoric archaeology (especially Stone Age) of Europe, Africa, and Western Asia, prehistoric human and hominid behavior, primitive technology, origin of modern humans, extinction of the Neandertals.

Experience

>20 years as a professional anthropologist based at a research university.

Publications
Journal of Field Archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science, Lithic Technology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Current Anthropology, Mitekufat HaEven (Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society), Paléorient, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, American Anthropologist, Geoarchaeology.

Education/Credentials
Ph.D (Anthropology) Harvard University, 1991.
BA (Archaeology) Boston University, 1982.

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