Evolution of the brain and intelligence
... plotted in log–log coordinates. As can be seen, small mammals such as mice and shrews have much larger brains in relative terms (10% or more of body weight) than cetaceans (less than 0.01%). Humans, with a brain representing 2% of body weight, have a much higher relative brain size than would be exp ...
... plotted in log–log coordinates. As can be seen, small mammals such as mice and shrews have much larger brains in relative terms (10% or more of body weight) than cetaceans (less than 0.01%). Humans, with a brain representing 2% of body weight, have a much higher relative brain size than would be exp ...
A new synthesis: Resituating approaches to the evolution of human
... as the prime drivers in evolutionary change. Here I review emergent perspectives in evolutionary theory that may be unfamiliar to many anthropologists, and offer a framework for asking questions about human behavioural evolution that seeks to provide space for evolutionary perspectives in anthropolo ...
... as the prime drivers in evolutionary change. Here I review emergent perspectives in evolutionary theory that may be unfamiliar to many anthropologists, and offer a framework for asking questions about human behavioural evolution that seeks to provide space for evolutionary perspectives in anthropolo ...
Medicines are still tested for safety in animals
... tests can predict how any drug will affect humans, despite this being the rationale for their use. No published evidence exists that shows animal tests are predictive for humans, while abundant published evidence exists that shows they are not. Many scientists have acknowledged for many years that a ...
... tests can predict how any drug will affect humans, despite this being the rationale for their use. No published evidence exists that shows animal tests are predictive for humans, while abundant published evidence exists that shows they are not. Many scientists have acknowledged for many years that a ...
Unit 4 – DNA Technology and Genomics Part II
... When does molecular clock data suggest that the ‘human line’ diverged from the African ape line? Why is there not universal agreement on the precise evolutionary history of the human species? What is there agreement about when considering evolution of the human line? ...
... When does molecular clock data suggest that the ‘human line’ diverged from the African ape line? Why is there not universal agreement on the precise evolutionary history of the human species? What is there agreement about when considering evolution of the human line? ...
Adapting Minds and Evolutionary Psychology Herbert Gintis
... costs of maintaining brain activity. The key commitment of evolutionary psychology thus includes the fact that the brain evolved because larger and more complex brains, despite their costs, are adaptations that enhanced the fitness of their carriers. The first implication of this commitment is that, ...
... costs of maintaining brain activity. The key commitment of evolutionary psychology thus includes the fact that the brain evolved because larger and more complex brains, despite their costs, are adaptations that enhanced the fitness of their carriers. The first implication of this commitment is that, ...
Animism - Religion and Nature
... had evolved out of a bodily process that was as simple, basic, and involuntary as sneezing. However much it might have been theologized, sneezing marked the physiological origin of religion as animism, the belief in pervading and invading spirits. Consequences of Animism In building his theory of an ...
... had evolved out of a bodily process that was as simple, basic, and involuntary as sneezing. However much it might have been theologized, sneezing marked the physiological origin of religion as animism, the belief in pervading and invading spirits. Consequences of Animism In building his theory of an ...
Human Evolution - MStew
... Mostly animals on bare walls Subjects were animals favored for their meat and skins Human figures were rarely drawn due to taboos and fears that it would somehow harm ...
... Mostly animals on bare walls Subjects were animals favored for their meat and skins Human figures were rarely drawn due to taboos and fears that it would somehow harm ...
evolution - Jamestown School District
... A group of similar organisms that can interbreed to make fertile offspring Ex: All lions mate with one another – Lions + Tigers = infertile Ligers or Tiglons ...
... A group of similar organisms that can interbreed to make fertile offspring Ex: All lions mate with one another – Lions + Tigers = infertile Ligers or Tiglons ...
Last Name, First Name
... their edges perfect for chopping or slicing meat (Harris 23). Despite the physical similarity between the two species, there is evidence of evolution in the tool making capability starting with Homo habilis. This tool making capability likely stems from the increased brain size of Homo habilis, whic ...
... their edges perfect for chopping or slicing meat (Harris 23). Despite the physical similarity between the two species, there is evidence of evolution in the tool making capability starting with Homo habilis. This tool making capability likely stems from the increased brain size of Homo habilis, whic ...
`The Importance of Dietary Carbohydrate in Human Evolution
... small number of sites in South Africa and the Mediterranean during the Middle Palaeolithic. However, there is little evidence for the widespread integration of marine products into the human diet until the Mesolithic, a short period after the end of the Palaeolithic. ‘The Paleo diet™’ is an artifici ...
... small number of sites in South Africa and the Mediterranean during the Middle Palaeolithic. However, there is little evidence for the widespread integration of marine products into the human diet until the Mesolithic, a short period after the end of the Palaeolithic. ‘The Paleo diet™’ is an artifici ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... expression in a purely metaphorical sense and in no manner wanted it to be misunderstood as a fight of everyone against each other.7 Instead, the imbalance between a large number of descendants and the available resources, a phenomenon evident especially in nature, plays an important role which ultim ...
... expression in a purely metaphorical sense and in no manner wanted it to be misunderstood as a fight of everyone against each other.7 Instead, the imbalance between a large number of descendants and the available resources, a phenomenon evident especially in nature, plays an important role which ultim ...
The Invisible Religion - Personal webpages at NTNU
... Of course, in order to pursue this idea in his investigation, Luckmann has to set aside all metaphysical and normative ideas about religion, be they from religious or anti-religious experts. He does not work from any pre-established knowledge about what religion is, and he is certainly not accepting ...
... Of course, in order to pursue this idea in his investigation, Luckmann has to set aside all metaphysical and normative ideas about religion, be they from religious or anti-religious experts. He does not work from any pre-established knowledge about what religion is, and he is certainly not accepting ...
Project Worksheet - Odysseus Contest
... There do not exist fossils of human brains and in that way researchers can only study cranial capacities and structures in order to make speculations regarding the evolution of human brain. Taking into account all the data presented above, it is considered an undeniable fact that technology, either ...
... There do not exist fossils of human brains and in that way researchers can only study cranial capacities and structures in order to make speculations regarding the evolution of human brain. Taking into account all the data presented above, it is considered an undeniable fact that technology, either ...
Chimpocentrism and reconstructions of human evolution (a timely
... ‘‘why did humans lose exaggerated swellings?’’ as ‘‘why did exaggerated sexual swellings evolve in chimpanzees?’’ (Laland & Brown, 2003). Using phylogenetic analysis, Sillén-Tullberg and Møller for example found that the most parsimonious phylogenetic map producing the distribution of visual signs o ...
... ‘‘why did humans lose exaggerated swellings?’’ as ‘‘why did exaggerated sexual swellings evolve in chimpanzees?’’ (Laland & Brown, 2003). Using phylogenetic analysis, Sillén-Tullberg and Møller for example found that the most parsimonious phylogenetic map producing the distribution of visual signs o ...
Human Evolution
... ancestor, they should not have similar DNA. 2)If humans & apes share a common ancestor, they should have DNA more similar than between humans & other mammals. We can disconfirm no 1. But does this mean no. 2 is “proven?” Does the fossil record disconfirm the theory? What evidence would disconfirm it ...
... ancestor, they should not have similar DNA. 2)If humans & apes share a common ancestor, they should have DNA more similar than between humans & other mammals. We can disconfirm no 1. But does this mean no. 2 is “proven?” Does the fossil record disconfirm the theory? What evidence would disconfirm it ...
HCC Anthropology Lecture Chapter 1
... d) The view of the process of divergence has changed from the idea of natural selection operating on large populations to mutation and genetic drift in small populations 13. It should be noted that usually speciation results in 2 new species, however, many new species can develop in a short period o ...
... d) The view of the process of divergence has changed from the idea of natural selection operating on large populations to mutation and genetic drift in small populations 13. It should be noted that usually speciation results in 2 new species, however, many new species can develop in a short period o ...
Requirements for Open-Ended Evolution in Natural and
... 3. Mutational pathways to other viable individuals 4. A medium allowing the possible existence of a practically unlimited diversity of individuals and interactions 5. Drive for continued evolution I’m also presenting these ideas at the EvoEvo Workshop on Friday, paper available at ...
... 3. Mutational pathways to other viable individuals 4. A medium allowing the possible existence of a practically unlimited diversity of individuals and interactions 5. Drive for continued evolution I’m also presenting these ideas at the EvoEvo Workshop on Friday, paper available at ...
Ethical Dimension of Islam
... Hence, to be able to do this, our commitment to learn from the deliberation of ethics from other cultures and from the various human sciences (such as social psychology, sociology and pedagogy) must be made available in our discourse on ethics. Simply put, in the context of a complex society and its ...
... Hence, to be able to do this, our commitment to learn from the deliberation of ethics from other cultures and from the various human sciences (such as social psychology, sociology and pedagogy) must be made available in our discourse on ethics. Simply put, in the context of a complex society and its ...
Amazing phylogenetic facts
... 5. The “land plants” have reinvaded water many times. Examples include pondweed and duckweed in freshwater and eelgrass in the sea. 6. Molecular analyses have identified a clade of mammals called the Afrotheria, all of which originated in Africa. It includes such different looking animals as: Elepha ...
... 5. The “land plants” have reinvaded water many times. Examples include pondweed and duckweed in freshwater and eelgrass in the sea. 6. Molecular analyses have identified a clade of mammals called the Afrotheria, all of which originated in Africa. It includes such different looking animals as: Elepha ...
Evolution, Diet and Health
... relationships. But for cereal grains there were no convincing or probable preventive relationships, only one possible preventive effect and, for one cancer (of the esophagus) grains may possibly have increased risk. In short, the best available evidence suggests that vegetables and fruits have far m ...
... relationships. But for cereal grains there were no convincing or probable preventive relationships, only one possible preventive effect and, for one cancer (of the esophagus) grains may possibly have increased risk. In short, the best available evidence suggests that vegetables and fruits have far m ...
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.