Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
The Evolution of Difficult Childbirth and Helpless Hominin Infants
... individuals with related pairs of living humans will remain a challenge for constructing models such as DeSilva’s. In addition, the contribution of large neonatal size to childbirth difficulty still depends on pelvic dimensions, which for australopiths (listed above) are known only for two incomplete ...
... individuals with related pairs of living humans will remain a challenge for constructing models such as DeSilva’s. In addition, the contribution of large neonatal size to childbirth difficulty still depends on pelvic dimensions, which for australopiths (listed above) are known only for two incomplete ...
Chapter 23: How Humans Evolved
... We now know australopithecines from hundreds of fossils. The structure of these fossils clearly indicates that australopithecines walked upright. These early hominids weighed about 18 kilograms and were about 1 meter tall. Their dentition was distinctly hominid, but their brains were not any larger ...
... We now know australopithecines from hundreds of fossils. The structure of these fossils clearly indicates that australopithecines walked upright. These early hominids weighed about 18 kilograms and were about 1 meter tall. Their dentition was distinctly hominid, but their brains were not any larger ...
Discussion Questions The Moche: An Ancient Peruvian People Reading 9
... John W. Verano 1) Discuss the significance of the evidence that the Moche farmed and raised animals for food. ...
... John W. Verano 1) Discuss the significance of the evidence that the Moche farmed and raised animals for food. ...
Student Study Guide THEORY AND EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION 15
... 1) From pages 297-301 titled “History of Evolutionary Thought” be able to: (a) Explain Darwin’s first theory “Descent with Modification” (b) Explain what data led Darwin to believe this to be true. (c) Explain the term “fitness” in terms of evolution. 2) From pages 302-307 titled “Evidence for Evolu ...
... 1) From pages 297-301 titled “History of Evolutionary Thought” be able to: (a) Explain Darwin’s first theory “Descent with Modification” (b) Explain what data led Darwin to believe this to be true. (c) Explain the term “fitness” in terms of evolution. 2) From pages 302-307 titled “Evidence for Evolu ...
Macro-Evolution
... ATP (adenosine triphosphate) as the molecule that energizes their life systems. These four characteristics are in effect a definition of life. Each is a very complex phenomenon and that they should be common to every living thing from microbe to man cannot be an accident. Such universality can only ...
... ATP (adenosine triphosphate) as the molecule that energizes their life systems. These four characteristics are in effect a definition of life. Each is a very complex phenomenon and that they should be common to every living thing from microbe to man cannot be an accident. Such universality can only ...
January 17 – Science and Evolution
... Course description and objectives: This course is a graduate-level introduction to biological anthropology. The course is designed to expose first-year graduate students in the Department of Anthropology to the most current research in biological anthropology as well as provide a fundamental underst ...
... Course description and objectives: This course is a graduate-level introduction to biological anthropology. The course is designed to expose first-year graduate students in the Department of Anthropology to the most current research in biological anthropology as well as provide a fundamental underst ...
BIO CPE
... Lesson Plans BIO CPE Week 4/22 - 26 Standards: Ch. 14 Topics (Evolution) 5.3.12.E.1 New traits may result from new combinations of existing genes or from mutations of genes in reproductive cells within a population. 5.3.12.E.2 Molecular evidence (e.g., DNA, protein structures, etc.) substantiates th ...
... Lesson Plans BIO CPE Week 4/22 - 26 Standards: Ch. 14 Topics (Evolution) 5.3.12.E.1 New traits may result from new combinations of existing genes or from mutations of genes in reproductive cells within a population. 5.3.12.E.2 Molecular evidence (e.g., DNA, protein structures, etc.) substantiates th ...
Chapter 5 Evolution Matters: Human Variation Today
... heightened demands of pregnancy and lactation during their reproductive years, when their energetic expenditure in producing offspring is much greater than that of their male counterparts. Entering into the life history stages of puberty and adolescence at an earlier age increases female reproductiv ...
... heightened demands of pregnancy and lactation during their reproductive years, when their energetic expenditure in producing offspring is much greater than that of their male counterparts. Entering into the life history stages of puberty and adolescence at an earlier age increases female reproductiv ...
Stoneking, M. 2009.
... So what are we to make of the claims of an orangutanhuman relationship based on morphological characters? If such claims are substantiated, for even a few morphological characters, then the obvious answer would be that morphology does not always indicate phylogeny. The extent to which genes, physiol ...
... So what are we to make of the claims of an orangutanhuman relationship based on morphological characters? If such claims are substantiated, for even a few morphological characters, then the obvious answer would be that morphology does not always indicate phylogeny. The extent to which genes, physiol ...
"The Impact of Darwinism on Sociology" (chap. 1 of The New
... In addition to van den Berghe and Lopreato and Crippen, the only sociologists who have accepted this basic sociobiological principle and used it to guide their work have been Lee Ellis (although to a limited extent), Satoshi Kanazawa, Rosemary Hopcroft, and myself. In an extremely important book, Cr ...
... In addition to van den Berghe and Lopreato and Crippen, the only sociologists who have accepted this basic sociobiological principle and used it to guide their work have been Lee Ellis (although to a limited extent), Satoshi Kanazawa, Rosemary Hopcroft, and myself. In an extremely important book, Cr ...
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... human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment and the way that locations and places can have an effect on people. Geography seeks to understand where things are found, why they are there, and how they develop and change over time.” From ...
... human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment and the way that locations and places can have an effect on people. Geography seeks to understand where things are found, why they are there, and how they develop and change over time.” From ...
E. B. Tylor and the Anthropology of Religion
... In Tylor's view, as A.I. Hallowell was fond of pointing out in lectures, our ancient forebears were moved by curiosity. Puzzled by their experiences of dreams and of visions, and desirous of achieving a satisfying account of death, they derived and melded from their experiences notions about animati ...
... In Tylor's view, as A.I. Hallowell was fond of pointing out in lectures, our ancient forebears were moved by curiosity. Puzzled by their experiences of dreams and of visions, and desirous of achieving a satisfying account of death, they derived and melded from their experiences notions about animati ...
Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. What is Human Ecology? Chapter 2
... survival may be enhanced relative to people who make bad pots. Of course, we have to be careful. Culture is also unlike genes in a number of respects. We explore this analogy in detail in lectures 12-15. Human societies are like species: In most species, all populations have the same basic adaptatio ...
... survival may be enhanced relative to people who make bad pots. Of course, we have to be careful. Culture is also unlike genes in a number of respects. We explore this analogy in detail in lectures 12-15. Human societies are like species: In most species, all populations have the same basic adaptatio ...
Anthropology of Magic - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... and to survive, those individuals who have the “best” variation for a particular environment will live longer and produce more offspring individuals who live the longest and produce the most offspring are the most “fit” and they will pass on their traits to their offspring (inheritance) fitness ...
... and to survive, those individuals who have the “best” variation for a particular environment will live longer and produce more offspring individuals who live the longest and produce the most offspring are the most “fit” and they will pass on their traits to their offspring (inheritance) fitness ...
Your Hominid Ancestry (60000 years ago and older)
... At that time, at least two other species of hominin—our cousins—walked the Eurasian landmass: Neanderthals and Denisovans. As our modern human ancestors migrated through Eurasia, they encountered these hominin cousins and interbred, resulting in a small amount of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA being ...
... At that time, at least two other species of hominin—our cousins—walked the Eurasian landmass: Neanderthals and Denisovans. As our modern human ancestors migrated through Eurasia, they encountered these hominin cousins and interbred, resulting in a small amount of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA being ...
The Origins of Human Modernity
... although even this concept is fraught with difficulties [1]. On the other hand, there is no significant disagreement about what might constitute modern behavior, but here the problem is that Pleistocene archaeology has substituted perceived technological or purported cultural variables for human beh ...
... although even this concept is fraught with difficulties [1]. On the other hand, there is no significant disagreement about what might constitute modern behavior, but here the problem is that Pleistocene archaeology has substituted perceived technological or purported cultural variables for human beh ...
Chapter 4 Long-Term History of Human Diet
... and cooking devices such as pottery or ovens. Faunal and floral remains found in association with tools at archaeological sites can also be an important source of information about prehistoric human diets. For instance, many of the bones of large ungulates found at the early archaeological sites in ...
... and cooking devices such as pottery or ovens. Faunal and floral remains found in association with tools at archaeological sites can also be an important source of information about prehistoric human diets. For instance, many of the bones of large ungulates found at the early archaeological sites in ...
The Evolutionary Origins of Human Culture
... The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back at least 2.5 million years—to early tool makers whose products survive in the archeological record (and perhaps even further back—based on the ape examples discussed in the “News Brief”). Contemporary humans have uniquely var ...
... The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back at least 2.5 million years—to early tool makers whose products survive in the archeological record (and perhaps even further back—based on the ape examples discussed in the “News Brief”). Contemporary humans have uniquely var ...
An Insider`s View into Candomblé
... art of African Yorùbá, the art in Bahia is also an ever-advancing experience. That is, it is not rooted in strict canon; in many cases an adapted version of an object or costume evolved into the norm. These dynamic changes were triggered, in part, by a lack of familiar natural materials and the nee ...
... art of African Yorùbá, the art in Bahia is also an ever-advancing experience. That is, it is not rooted in strict canon; in many cases an adapted version of an object or costume evolved into the norm. These dynamic changes were triggered, in part, by a lack of familiar natural materials and the nee ...
Primates - Cloudfront.net
... All these species are relatives of modern humans, but not all of them are human ancestors – To understand that distinction, think of your family • Your relatives may include aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents • Of these, only your parents, grandparents, and greatgr ...
... All these species are relatives of modern humans, but not all of them are human ancestors – To understand that distinction, think of your family • Your relatives may include aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents • Of these, only your parents, grandparents, and greatgr ...
Evolution: Evidence and mechanisms Organic Evolution Definitions
... Organic Evolution Definitions: The hypothesis that all organisms on Earth are connected by bonds of genealogy and have changed through time. Darwin: “descent with modification” ...
... Organic Evolution Definitions: The hypothesis that all organisms on Earth are connected by bonds of genealogy and have changed through time. Darwin: “descent with modification” ...
Steps toward an evolutionary psychology of a culture
... Evoked culture is contrasted with epidemiological culture. In the latter, similarities within groups result from the transfer of information from one individual to another. The concept of epidemiological culture thus refers to the central phenomenon of interest in this chapter, namely socially tran ...
... Evoked culture is contrasted with epidemiological culture. In the latter, similarities within groups result from the transfer of information from one individual to another. The concept of epidemiological culture thus refers to the central phenomenon of interest in this chapter, namely socially tran ...
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... or its putative ethnogenetic predecessor, “Lucumí.” The work of historicizing the current relations between these entities serves to anachronistically project them back in time. More contemporary African “sources” from dictionaries to ethnographically observable religious practices, and even authori ...
... or its putative ethnogenetic predecessor, “Lucumí.” The work of historicizing the current relations between these entities serves to anachronistically project them back in time. More contemporary African “sources” from dictionaries to ethnographically observable religious practices, and even authori ...
Evolutionary origin of religions
The emergence of religious behavior by the Neolithic period has been discussed in terms of evolutionary psychology, the origin of language and mythology, cross-cultural comparison of the anthropology of religion, as well as evidence for spirituality or cultic behaviour in the Upper Paleolitic, and parallels in great ape behaviour.