Homo sapiens
... 27.6 Out of Africa: Homo erectus • Homo erectus is definitely a true human and has been supported by many specimen finds, including those of Java Man and Peking Man • Homo erectus was taller and had a larger brain than H. habilis the shape of the skull interior suggests that it was able to talk ...
... 27.6 Out of Africa: Homo erectus • Homo erectus is definitely a true human and has been supported by many specimen finds, including those of Java Man and Peking Man • Homo erectus was taller and had a larger brain than H. habilis the shape of the skull interior suggests that it was able to talk ...
More Doom for Descartes Reports that some scientists believe that
... Many of history's enlightened sages, from Descartes to our mothers, have dispensed the following wisdom to those of us trying to resolve an exasperating dilemma: "Calm down." The suggestion stems, of course, from the idea that emotion interferes with rational thinking. But some scientists now think ...
... Many of history's enlightened sages, from Descartes to our mothers, have dispensed the following wisdom to those of us trying to resolve an exasperating dilemma: "Calm down." The suggestion stems, of course, from the idea that emotion interferes with rational thinking. But some scientists now think ...
Chapter 14
... a type of applied physical courts of law. A forensic anthropologist can use anthropology that specializes in the human skeletal system for purposes knowledge of the skeletal system to identify crime victims and sometimes to determine the cause or of identifying unknown remains circumstances of death ...
... a type of applied physical courts of law. A forensic anthropologist can use anthropology that specializes in the human skeletal system for purposes knowledge of the skeletal system to identify crime victims and sometimes to determine the cause or of identifying unknown remains circumstances of death ...
Boas - Andrews University
... Distinguishing between their social and religious dances, he even wrote out the music to their songs with notes and words. In his work he examined any single culture as a whole, including its religion, art, language, as well as the physical characteristics of the people. On this basis he tried to re ...
... Distinguishing between their social and religious dances, he even wrote out the music to their songs with notes and words. In his work he examined any single culture as a whole, including its religion, art, language, as well as the physical characteristics of the people. On this basis he tried to re ...
The evolution of the anatomically modern or
... Asian and archaic African populations. Although nonAfrican genes of African origin constantly flooded ...
... Asian and archaic African populations. Although nonAfrican genes of African origin constantly flooded ...
Experience versus biological competence in cognitive ability
... words, this rate and g have a high correlation in the studies of relationship between the two. For example, a study focused on the glucose metabolic rate (GMR) as a function of the “mental effort” paid in a task. Researchers organized some high and average IQ students to solve some easy and difficul ...
... words, this rate and g have a high correlation in the studies of relationship between the two. For example, a study focused on the glucose metabolic rate (GMR) as a function of the “mental effort” paid in a task. Researchers organized some high and average IQ students to solve some easy and difficul ...
Brain
... Measures to compare brain size among species: 1) Absolute Brain Size 2) Relative Brain Size 3) Encephalization Quotient 4) Cortical Neurons Humans do not have the largest brain or most total neurons. Larger animals generally have larger brains and more neurons. A bigger body needs a bigger brain to ...
... Measures to compare brain size among species: 1) Absolute Brain Size 2) Relative Brain Size 3) Encephalization Quotient 4) Cortical Neurons Humans do not have the largest brain or most total neurons. Larger animals generally have larger brains and more neurons. A bigger body needs a bigger brain to ...
Cultural Anthropology An Applied Perspective, 5e
... • The study of different cultures provides a better understanding of one’s own culture and develops valuable leadership skills. ...
... • The study of different cultures provides a better understanding of one’s own culture and develops valuable leadership skills. ...
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... the atrium of the lateral ventricle of greater than 10 mm. This occurs in around 1% of pregnancies. When this measurement is between 10 and 15 mm, the ventriculomegaly may be described as mild to moderate. When the measurement is greater than 15mm, the ventriculomegaly may be classified as more seve ...
... the atrium of the lateral ventricle of greater than 10 mm. This occurs in around 1% of pregnancies. When this measurement is between 10 and 15 mm, the ventriculomegaly may be described as mild to moderate. When the measurement is greater than 15mm, the ventriculomegaly may be classified as more seve ...
Cultural Anthropology An Applied Perspective, 5e
... • The study of different cultures provides a better understanding of one’s own culture and develops valuable leadership skills. ...
... • The study of different cultures provides a better understanding of one’s own culture and develops valuable leadership skills. ...
Human Beings and Being Human: An Overview of
... record — can only take us so far (and if you believe everything written in the ancient historical texts, well, I’ve got some oceanfront property in Utah you may be interested in). However well-meaning they may have been, historians have had their biases like everyone else. And, of course, the ancien ...
... record — can only take us so far (and if you believe everything written in the ancient historical texts, well, I’ve got some oceanfront property in Utah you may be interested in). However well-meaning they may have been, historians have had their biases like everyone else. And, of course, the ancien ...
Spatial Spread Measurements in HR 90K users
... • Ideally, in multi-channel cochlear implants (CI), each electrode should selectively activate a distinct group of neurons in the cochlea. • In reality, the same neurons are stimulated by multiple electrodes because the injected current spreads through the cochlear tissue. If two or more electrodes ...
... • Ideally, in multi-channel cochlear implants (CI), each electrode should selectively activate a distinct group of neurons in the cochlea. • In reality, the same neurons are stimulated by multiple electrodes because the injected current spreads through the cochlear tissue. If two or more electrodes ...
Evolution of Vertebrate Brains - CIHR Group in Sensory
... those common to tetrapods to those common to amniotes to those common to mammals to those specific to cats. Understanding the basic process of evolution in these terms is essential to understanding brain evolution, since the structures present in the telencephalon of a modern reptile, for example, w ...
... those common to tetrapods to those common to amniotes to those common to mammals to those specific to cats. Understanding the basic process of evolution in these terms is essential to understanding brain evolution, since the structures present in the telencephalon of a modern reptile, for example, w ...
Craniofacial growth
... is epigenetically regulated by the cartilage. This theory was forwarded by Scott, who thought that the cartilage of the cranial base, nasal capsule and Meckel's cartilage act as pace-makers for the early growth of the facial skeleton. 3. The third theory of skull growth, proposed by Moss, is the fun ...
... is epigenetically regulated by the cartilage. This theory was forwarded by Scott, who thought that the cartilage of the cranial base, nasal capsule and Meckel's cartilage act as pace-makers for the early growth of the facial skeleton. 3. The third theory of skull growth, proposed by Moss, is the fun ...
Terrestriality, Bipedalism and the Origin of
... ability should perhaps not seem too surprising in view of the fact that at least one species of monkey is known to produce calls in the wild that have specific symbolic content (Seyfarth et al. 1980). Claims for syntactic abilities in non-human primates are arguably more controversial, but apes are ...
... ability should perhaps not seem too surprising in view of the fact that at least one species of monkey is known to produce calls in the wild that have specific symbolic content (Seyfarth et al. 1980). Claims for syntactic abilities in non-human primates are arguably more controversial, but apes are ...
Human Origins and Intelligent Design*
... hominoid apes. In the mid-Miocene (~12 Ma) a number of now-extinct species called the Dryopithecines appear rapidly in the fossil record, the earliest species of which bear a resemblance to modern apes. One fossil, Proconsul, is similar to hominoids "on the basis of a few postcranial features"19 but ...
... hominoid apes. In the mid-Miocene (~12 Ma) a number of now-extinct species called the Dryopithecines appear rapidly in the fossil record, the earliest species of which bear a resemblance to modern apes. One fossil, Proconsul, is similar to hominoids "on the basis of a few postcranial features"19 but ...
evolutionary perspectives on language and brain plasticity
... structures, and new functions were presumed to be added to previous ones, producing more and more complicated brains, which were consequently larger as well. This model of brain evolution and function shares many features with models of technological progress and with modular design strategies for b ...
... structures, and new functions were presumed to be added to previous ones, producing more and more complicated brains, which were consequently larger as well. This model of brain evolution and function shares many features with models of technological progress and with modular design strategies for b ...
Convergent evolution of complex brains and high intelligence
... simple to moderately complex brains [7]. Within endoparasitic platyhelminths (cestodes, nematodes), there is massive secondary simplification of the nervous system. In contrast, some predatory annelid polychaetes have multilobed cerebral ganglia with a protocerebrum containing mushroom-like structur ...
... simple to moderately complex brains [7]. Within endoparasitic platyhelminths (cestodes, nematodes), there is massive secondary simplification of the nervous system. In contrast, some predatory annelid polychaetes have multilobed cerebral ganglia with a protocerebrum containing mushroom-like structur ...
Telemetric recording of neuronal activity
... electrophysiological investigation of some behaviors depends upon the availability of a method which allows single-unit recording in freely moving, spontaneously behaving animals. Single-unit recording in freely moving animals has been achieved already more than 20 years ago in rodents [4–6]. In the ...
... electrophysiological investigation of some behaviors depends upon the availability of a method which allows single-unit recording in freely moving, spontaneously behaving animals. Single-unit recording in freely moving animals has been achieved already more than 20 years ago in rodents [4–6]. In the ...
what is the brain?? - UPM EduTrain Interactive Learning
... Difference It is easier to fix a computer - just get new parts. There are no new or used parts for the brain. However, some work is being done with transplantation of nerve cells for certain neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Both a computer and a brain can get "sick" - a computer ...
... Difference It is easier to fix a computer - just get new parts. There are no new or used parts for the brain. However, some work is being done with transplantation of nerve cells for certain neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Both a computer and a brain can get "sick" - a computer ...
Lecture Cranial Nerves 1
... • leaving the CNS • innervate skeletal muscle or viscera • visceral efferent pathways always involve 2 neurons [one in the CNS and one in a peripheral ganglia] ...
... • leaving the CNS • innervate skeletal muscle or viscera • visceral efferent pathways always involve 2 neurons [one in the CNS and one in a peripheral ganglia] ...
Anthropology at Berkeley City College
... and Cultural Anthropology, and Linguistic Anthropology, as well as more specialized lower-division courses of interest to our students and faculty. Our program is designed to be transferable to 4-year colleges and many of our students in fact do transfer. In addition, due to the fascinating nature o ...
... and Cultural Anthropology, and Linguistic Anthropology, as well as more specialized lower-division courses of interest to our students and faculty. Our program is designed to be transferable to 4-year colleges and many of our students in fact do transfer. In addition, due to the fascinating nature o ...
Christof Koch, , 96 (1999); DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5411.96
... steps between our stem ancestors and today’s animal cohort. These iterative elaborations might be best captured, perhaps, by the notion of logical “depth” in complexity theory (2). How does an evolutionary perspective help explain brain complexity? We focus on two aspects. The first is based on the ...
... steps between our stem ancestors and today’s animal cohort. These iterative elaborations might be best captured, perhaps, by the notion of logical “depth” in complexity theory (2). How does an evolutionary perspective help explain brain complexity? We focus on two aspects. The first is based on the ...
HEAD/NECK: Cranial Nerves
... IX: Glosso- • Sensory to carotid body/sinus pharyngeal • Taste to posterior tongue • Sensory to ear opening/middle ear • Parotid salivary gland X: Vagus ...
... IX: Glosso- • Sensory to carotid body/sinus pharyngeal • Taste to posterior tongue • Sensory to ear opening/middle ear • Parotid salivary gland X: Vagus ...
Craniometry
Craniometry is measurement of the cranium (the main part of the skull), usually the human cranium. It is a subset of cephalometry, measurement of the head. It is distinct from phrenology, the pseudoscience that tried to link personality and character to head shape, and physiognomy, which tried the same for facial features. However, these fields have all claimed the ability to predict traits or intelligence.They were once intensively practised in anthropology, in particular in physical anthropology in the 19th and the first part of the 20th century. Theories attempting to scientifically justify the segregation of society based on race became popular at this time, one of their prominent figures being Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854–1936), who divided humanity into various, hierarchized, different ""races"", spanning from the ""Aryan white race, dolichocephalic"" (from the Ancient Greek kephalê, head, and dolikhos, long and thin), to the ""brachycephalic"" (short and broad-headed) race. On the other hand, craniometry was also used as evidence against the existence of a ""Nordic race"" and also by Franz Boas who used the cephalic index to show the influence of environmental factors. Charles Darwin used craniometry and the study of skeletons to demonstrate his theory of evolution first expressed in On the Origin of Species (1859).More direct measurements involve examinations of brains from corpses, or more recently, imaging techniques such as MRI, which can be used on living persons. Such measurements are used in research on neuroscience and intelligence.