What kinship does—and how - HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
... thus acquire a cumulative significance as they are enfolded into the political expansion of dominant lowland states, which extend their reach into outlying regions. On a more local level, fostering children could be a benign process of care testifying to the moral worth of the foster parents, but it ...
... thus acquire a cumulative significance as they are enfolded into the political expansion of dominant lowland states, which extend their reach into outlying regions. On a more local level, fostering children could be a benign process of care testifying to the moral worth of the foster parents, but it ...
Cosmopolitanism and Pancultural Universals: Our Common
... psychologists are focussed on how the human psyche has been shaped by ancestral environments. The effect on humans of their evolutionary history and environment has farreaching consequences for the understanding of universals. Not only were early human groups small, but they also used comparatively ...
... psychologists are focussed on how the human psyche has been shaped by ancestral environments. The effect on humans of their evolutionary history and environment has farreaching consequences for the understanding of universals. Not only were early human groups small, but they also used comparatively ...
What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee : Apes, People, and Their
... chimpanzee. One group evolved a larger body size and ultimately became gorillas, and another group began to walk upright and ultimately became humans. And it is certainly possible that there were several other branches of that family tree that flourished, say, three million years ago, but whose remai ...
... chimpanzee. One group evolved a larger body size and ultimately became gorillas, and another group began to walk upright and ultimately became humans. And it is certainly possible that there were several other branches of that family tree that flourished, say, three million years ago, but whose remai ...
The Paleolithic Age - Indiana Council for the Social Studies
... during the end of the Lower Paleolithic, the latest populations of the hominid Homo erectus may have began living in small scale (possibly egalitarian) bands similar to both Middle and Upper Paleolithic societies and modern hunter-gatherers.[45] Art and music Early examples of artistic expression, s ...
... during the end of the Lower Paleolithic, the latest populations of the hominid Homo erectus may have began living in small scale (possibly egalitarian) bands similar to both Middle and Upper Paleolithic societies and modern hunter-gatherers.[45] Art and music Early examples of artistic expression, s ...
Karl Ernst von Baer and the craniological collection of the St
... By the middle of the century Baer had aknowledged numerous topics facing the science of physical anthropolgy • Language borders do not coincide with „racial“ ones • What are the main actors causing the emergence of different human types (is it environment, nutrition or culture?) • As most of human ...
... By the middle of the century Baer had aknowledged numerous topics facing the science of physical anthropolgy • Language borders do not coincide with „racial“ ones • What are the main actors causing the emergence of different human types (is it environment, nutrition or culture?) • As most of human ...
The Evolution of Hominid Bipedalism
... ancestors) to mark their divergence from apes, a split occurring approximately five to six million years ago, though- as I argue later- fully efficient bipedalism was not complete until about 1.8 million years ago, in Homo erectus. Some early scholars saw larger brains and intelligence as the key to ...
... ancestors) to mark their divergence from apes, a split occurring approximately five to six million years ago, though- as I argue later- fully efficient bipedalism was not complete until about 1.8 million years ago, in Homo erectus. Some early scholars saw larger brains and intelligence as the key to ...
What`s Right About A 6-Year-Old Who Breast-Feeds
... that normal durations of breast-feeding for humans as a species — 2.5 to 7+ years — lead to 'harmful emotional dependency.' There is some evidence that longer-term breast-feeding (along with co-sleeping in childhood) results in children who are more independent and score higher on measures of socia ...
... that normal durations of breast-feeding for humans as a species — 2.5 to 7+ years — lead to 'harmful emotional dependency.' There is some evidence that longer-term breast-feeding (along with co-sleeping in childhood) results in children who are more independent and score higher on measures of socia ...
Anthropology - Toronto Zoo
... Genetically humans are closer to primate relatives than any other creatures on earth. Therefore the study of primates enable us to learn more about basic human primate natures, and helps us speculate about the evolutionary origins of our humanity. ...
... Genetically humans are closer to primate relatives than any other creatures on earth. Therefore the study of primates enable us to learn more about basic human primate natures, and helps us speculate about the evolutionary origins of our humanity. ...
Physical Anthropology - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... prior to class lectures, answer the questions in this notebook (PRIOR to class). Come to class prepared to actively engage in learning, come to class with questions on the material! Learning is an ACTIVE endeavor. If you are passively listening or passively reading/memorizing classroom material yo ...
... prior to class lectures, answer the questions in this notebook (PRIOR to class). Come to class prepared to actively engage in learning, come to class with questions on the material! Learning is an ACTIVE endeavor. If you are passively listening or passively reading/memorizing classroom material yo ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
Cодержание 3/2015
... distributions of different features, development of models able to explain origins of modern pattern of human variability. Models most consistent with reality are the complex ones, combining population fissions, migrations, bottlenecks with constant gene flow between populations. Race is also widely ...
... distributions of different features, development of models able to explain origins of modern pattern of human variability. Models most consistent with reality are the complex ones, combining population fissions, migrations, bottlenecks with constant gene flow between populations. Race is also widely ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
... Induction: scientists gather evidence/data, and when they have sufficient data they work to generate a _________________________. Example: Darwin observed that life forms that existed in his day were similar to fossils found from earlier times (although they often were different in some ways) and he ...
Human Bio-sociocultural Diversity Expanded through Space
... capitalism and an ideology of democracy have since dominated the world, national borders have not disappeared. Direct conflict between the East and West gave way to an outbreak of low-intensity conflicts. As mechanisms of capitalism endured unchanged, globalization has continued to spread while econ ...
... capitalism and an ideology of democracy have since dominated the world, national borders have not disappeared. Direct conflict between the East and West gave way to an outbreak of low-intensity conflicts. As mechanisms of capitalism endured unchanged, globalization has continued to spread while econ ...
The Importance of Anthropology
... Archaeology Archaeologists seek not only to reconstruct the daily life and customs of peoples who lived in the past but also to trace cultural changes and to offer possible explanations for those changes. This concern is similar to that of historians, but archaeologists reach much farther back in ti ...
... Archaeology Archaeologists seek not only to reconstruct the daily life and customs of peoples who lived in the past but also to trace cultural changes and to offer possible explanations for those changes. This concern is similar to that of historians, but archaeologists reach much farther back in ti ...
Physical Anthropology - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... What Happened to the Dinosaurs? In the article “Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs,” Stephen Jay Gould puts forth three explanations that have been given for the demise of the dinosaurs: sex, drugs, and disaster. We do know that the dinosaurs died off during a mass extinctio ...
... What Happened to the Dinosaurs? In the article “Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs,” Stephen Jay Gould puts forth three explanations that have been given for the demise of the dinosaurs: sex, drugs, and disaster. We do know that the dinosaurs died off during a mass extinctio ...
Cultural Anthropology 7e
... Imagine a museum exhibit of an early oneroom school in the Midwestern U.S. is being planned. Which subfield(s) of anthropology would be likely to carry out the research of surveyor's maps, diaries, textbooks, journals, and other historic artifacts, as well as excavation of the original site? a) Pale ...
... Imagine a museum exhibit of an early oneroom school in the Midwestern U.S. is being planned. Which subfield(s) of anthropology would be likely to carry out the research of surveyor's maps, diaries, textbooks, journals, and other historic artifacts, as well as excavation of the original site? a) Pale ...
Multiregional hypothesis explained
... distances. First, we may believe that a series of population divergences, perhaps accompanied by founder events, led to the differences. If this were true, a tree would be the appropriate model to fit to the data. Second, we may believe that differences in migration among the populations led to the ...
... distances. First, we may believe that a series of population divergences, perhaps accompanied by founder events, led to the differences. If this were true, a tree would be the appropriate model to fit to the data. Second, we may believe that differences in migration among the populations led to the ...
The Anthropologist as a Primatologist
... be convinced that gibbon pairs mate ‘for life’. This, however, would be another artefact of a too brief study period since our data demonstrate that couples often split after ten years! Primate societies, like those of humans, also experience spaced-out ‘historic’ events with high mortality that sha ...
... be convinced that gibbon pairs mate ‘for life’. This, however, would be another artefact of a too brief study period since our data demonstrate that couples often split after ten years! Primate societies, like those of humans, also experience spaced-out ‘historic’ events with high mortality that sha ...
The Purpose of Critical Thinking
... “Some 3.7 million years ago, several bipedal (upright-walking) human animals of the species Australopithecus afarensis left footprints in damp volcanic ash in what is now Tanzania in East Baloney Detector Africa.” ...
... “Some 3.7 million years ago, several bipedal (upright-walking) human animals of the species Australopithecus afarensis left footprints in damp volcanic ash in what is now Tanzania in East Baloney Detector Africa.” ...
Human Biological Variation
... also the process by which that variation developed (evolutionary forces) ...
... also the process by which that variation developed (evolutionary forces) ...
Introduction to Paleoanthropology
... It also has a surprising amount of variability from other A. boisei skulls, which may have implications for how hominid fossils are classified. Recent research suggests that the some australopithecines were capable of a precision grip, like that of humans but unlike apes, which would have meant they ...
... It also has a surprising amount of variability from other A. boisei skulls, which may have implications for how hominid fossils are classified. Recent research suggests that the some australopithecines were capable of a precision grip, like that of humans but unlike apes, which would have meant they ...
What is Anthropology?
... Observations placed in temporal framework Consider change over time How does this perspective apply to cultural anthropology? Cultural evolution – 19th century, considered an outgrowth of Darwinian evolution Over time, cultural change occurs as a result of humans adapting to some non-cultu ...
... Observations placed in temporal framework Consider change over time How does this perspective apply to cultural anthropology? Cultural evolution – 19th century, considered an outgrowth of Darwinian evolution Over time, cultural change occurs as a result of humans adapting to some non-cultu ...
Human
Modern humans (Homo sapiens, primarily ssp. Homo sapiens sapiens) are the only extant members of the hominin clade (or human clade), a branch of the great apes; they are characterized by erect posture and bipedal locomotion, manual dexterity and increased tool use, and a general trend toward larger, more complex brains and societies.Early hominins—particularly the australopithecines, whose brains and anatomy are in many ways more similar to ancestral non-human apes—are less often referred to as ""human"" than hominins of the genus Homo. Some of the latter used fire, occupied much of Eurasia, and gave rise to anatomically modern Homo sapiens in Africa about 200,000 years ago. They began to exhibit evidence of behavioral modernity around 50,000 years ago, and migrated in successive waves to occupy all but the smallest, driest, and coldest lands. In the last 100 years, this has extended to permanently manned bases in Antarctica, offshore platforms, and to orbiting the Earth.The spread of humans and their large and increasing population has had a profound impact on large areas of the environment and millions of native species worldwide. Advantages that explain this evolutionary success include a relatively larger brain with a particularly well-developed neocortex, prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes, which enable high levels of abstract reasoning, language, problem solving, sociality, and culture through social learning. Humans use tools to a much higher degree than any other animal, are the only extant species known to build fires and cook their food, as well as the only extant species to clothe themselves and create and use numerous other technologies and arts.Humans are uniquely adept at utilizing systems of symbolic communication (such as language and art) for self-expression and the exchange of ideas, and for organizing themselves into purposeful groups. Humans create complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks to political states. Social interactions between humans have established an extremely wide variety of values, social norms, and rituals, which together form the basis of human society. Curiosity and the human desire to understand and influence the environment and to explain and manipulate phenomena (or events) has provided the foundation for developing science, philosophy, mythology, religion, anthropology, and numerous other fields of knowledge.Humans began to practice sedentary agriculture about 12,000 years ago, domesticating plants and animals, thus allowing for the growth of civilization. Humans subsequently established various forms of government, religion, and culture around the world, unifying people within a region and leading to the development of states and empires. The rapid advancement of scientific and medical understanding in the 19th and 20th centuries led to the development of fuel-driven technologies and improved health, causing the human population to rise exponentially. By 2014 the global human population was estimated to be around 7.2 billion.