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... • no sudden “jumps” in size or cranial capacity observed. • cranial capacity increased from 600-800 cm3 to 12001400 cm3 over past 2 MY. ...
... • no sudden “jumps” in size or cranial capacity observed. • cranial capacity increased from 600-800 cm3 to 12001400 cm3 over past 2 MY. ...
The Prehistory of Language
... inventory of lexical items and a combinatory system that includes the process known as ‘recursion’ which, roughly, has the capacity to form infinitely long sentences by embedding phrases within phrases. The introduction of this process altered the nature of linguistic signs, severing the direct conn ...
... inventory of lexical items and a combinatory system that includes the process known as ‘recursion’ which, roughly, has the capacity to form infinitely long sentences by embedding phrases within phrases. The introduction of this process altered the nature of linguistic signs, severing the direct conn ...
Sean Carey - Mauritius Times
... humans are peculiarly susceptible to a wide variety of injuries in the lower limbs. Appealing to evidence from fossil records he says, “We have long suffered foot problems, demonstrating that many modern foot ailments are not solely the result of our more recent sedentary lifestyle.” ...
... humans are peculiarly susceptible to a wide variety of injuries in the lower limbs. Appealing to evidence from fossil records he says, “We have long suffered foot problems, demonstrating that many modern foot ailments are not solely the result of our more recent sedentary lifestyle.” ...
Presentation Slides
... HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 20 - A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology courses because it is a religious viewpoint that advances "a particular version of Christian ...
... HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 20 - A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology courses because it is a religious viewpoint that advances "a particular version of Christian ...
Laws of association
... • New experiences (information) stored as memory can be retrieved for later use • Learning is a biological process • nervous system mechanisms such as neurons, transmitters, circuits • allows animals to adapt to their environment ...
... • New experiences (information) stored as memory can be retrieved for later use • Learning is a biological process • nervous system mechanisms such as neurons, transmitters, circuits • allows animals to adapt to their environment ...
Dynamics and adaptation in human cumulative culture
... models to data. A major international tournament that investigated the most effective means of learning from others has been completed. The tournament provided new insights into why social learning is widespread in nature, and why humans happen to be so good at it. An experimental economics laborator ...
... models to data. A major international tournament that investigated the most effective means of learning from others has been completed. The tournament provided new insights into why social learning is widespread in nature, and why humans happen to be so good at it. An experimental economics laborator ...
Darwinian Evolutionary Ethics
... The climax of Darwin’s argument in the Descent is Chapter 7, “On the Races of Man.” He considers two hypotheses: that the races are sufficiently distinct to count as different species, and that they are alike in all important organic respects. He first spends several pages outlining all the evidence ...
... The climax of Darwin’s argument in the Descent is Chapter 7, “On the Races of Man.” He considers two hypotheses: that the races are sufficiently distinct to count as different species, and that they are alike in all important organic respects. He first spends several pages outlining all the evidence ...
Tunnel vision - Engaging with the world – Eriksen`s site
... Put differently, there is no way of being human apart from the culturally specific ones. The question is, where does this view depart from that of Pinker? One of Pinker’s supporters, Matt Ridley (2003), has analysed the interplay between innate potentials and experience in ways largely compatible wi ...
... Put differently, there is no way of being human apart from the culturally specific ones. The question is, where does this view depart from that of Pinker? One of Pinker’s supporters, Matt Ridley (2003), has analysed the interplay between innate potentials and experience in ways largely compatible wi ...
article - British Academy
... 1998b). With this in mind, what do the fossil and archaeological records themselves suggest about the origin of Homo sapiens? ...
... 1998b). With this in mind, what do the fossil and archaeological records themselves suggest about the origin of Homo sapiens? ...
Design features of language, animal communication systems
... How did language develop/evolve? Did language evolve by accident or by adaptation? Some features of humans (as compared to other hominoids): walking on two feet, leaving hands free for tool use increase in size and cognitive capacity of brain changes in shape of vocal tract ...
... How did language develop/evolve? Did language evolve by accident or by adaptation? Some features of humans (as compared to other hominoids): walking on two feet, leaving hands free for tool use increase in size and cognitive capacity of brain changes in shape of vocal tract ...
Still Evolving After All These Years
... also thwarted the ability of the malaria parasite to infect those cells. [13] Another mutation that interested Livingstone was hemoglobin E. Common in Southeast Asia today, hemoglobin E confers substantial malaria resistance without the severe side effects of hemoglobin S. “Hemoglobin E seems like i ...
... also thwarted the ability of the malaria parasite to infect those cells. [13] Another mutation that interested Livingstone was hemoglobin E. Common in Southeast Asia today, hemoglobin E confers substantial malaria resistance without the severe side effects of hemoglobin S. “Hemoglobin E seems like i ...
How does Evolution work
... Gingerich discusses specifically only the whale fossils found in Egypt's "valley of the whales," but he points out that this now desert area was once a sea. Discuss the other kinds of fossils, and the types of rocks that must have been present for him to make this conclusion. Examine the cladogr ...
... Gingerich discusses specifically only the whale fossils found in Egypt's "valley of the whales," but he points out that this now desert area was once a sea. Discuss the other kinds of fossils, and the types of rocks that must have been present for him to make this conclusion. Examine the cladogr ...
Teaching Human Evolution - the Biology Department
... Ten million years ago Africa had a much wetter climate than today (Coppens, 1999). Tropical rainforests near the equator extended across unbroken lowlands from the Atlantic to the Indian oceans. Starting eight million years ago, tectonic forces began to split east Africa along what we know today as ...
... Ten million years ago Africa had a much wetter climate than today (Coppens, 1999). Tropical rainforests near the equator extended across unbroken lowlands from the Atlantic to the Indian oceans. Starting eight million years ago, tectonic forces began to split east Africa along what we know today as ...
will hold its 2017 meeting in Kraków on 10-12 August 2017.
... the topics that can be relevant for the panel. Documentary filmmakers and social/cultural anthropologists interested in documentary films on the Middle East from women's/gender perspectives are invited to propose abstracts for this panel. The film makers and the anthropologists on the panel will ela ...
... the topics that can be relevant for the panel. Documentary filmmakers and social/cultural anthropologists interested in documentary films on the Middle East from women's/gender perspectives are invited to propose abstracts for this panel. The film makers and the anthropologists on the panel will ela ...
NOTES ON ALISTER MCGRATH,
... McGrath begins with the phenomenon of “biological fine-tuning,” which is the “idea that the universe appears to have possessed certain qualities from the moment of its inception which were favorable to the production of intelligent life on Earth at this point in cosmic history, life capable of refle ...
... McGrath begins with the phenomenon of “biological fine-tuning,” which is the “idea that the universe appears to have possessed certain qualities from the moment of its inception which were favorable to the production of intelligent life on Earth at this point in cosmic history, life capable of refle ...
Homo - Carol Lee Lab
... neanderthalensis. Because of its larger brain, we assumed that it had to be the same species as us ...
... neanderthalensis. Because of its larger brain, we assumed that it had to be the same species as us ...
Untitled - Serge De Vrindt
... discoveries relating to the evolution of humans and their ancestors. Most recent have been the discovery and publication of the late Miocene fossil specimen from Chad allocated to Sahelanthropus and the mid-Pliocene fossils from Kenya allocated to Kenyanthropus. Ongoing discoveries of more recent hu ...
... discoveries relating to the evolution of humans and their ancestors. Most recent have been the discovery and publication of the late Miocene fossil specimen from Chad allocated to Sahelanthropus and the mid-Pliocene fossils from Kenya allocated to Kenyanthropus. Ongoing discoveries of more recent hu ...
16. Human Evolution
... At least 4 million years ago the first hominid (human like) ancestor appears in the fossil record in Africa. As the hominids evolved, many phenotypic changes were observed: ...
... At least 4 million years ago the first hominid (human like) ancestor appears in the fossil record in Africa. As the hominids evolved, many phenotypic changes were observed: ...
Earth History.
... Humans seem to appear a few million years ago. There is biological evidence that the descendants of a common ancestor split into 2 branches (humans and apes) about 6 million years ago. By 2.4 million years ago the line from which modern humans could come had large brains. Modern humans, Homo sapiens ...
... Humans seem to appear a few million years ago. There is biological evidence that the descendants of a common ancestor split into 2 branches (humans and apes) about 6 million years ago. By 2.4 million years ago the line from which modern humans could come had large brains. Modern humans, Homo sapiens ...
Section 2
... France, illustrate the animals early people hunted 17,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Images like these give us glimpses into the life of early humans. In this chapter, you will learn how humans gradually shifted from temporary to permanent settlements and began establishing civilizations. • How d ...
... France, illustrate the animals early people hunted 17,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Images like these give us glimpses into the life of early humans. In this chapter, you will learn how humans gradually shifted from temporary to permanent settlements and began establishing civilizations. • How d ...
in the history of life on Earth
... Large, front-facing eyes allowing binocular vision and enhanced depth perception Limbs with opposable first digits Tree-dwelling existence The Evolution of Human Beings ...
... Large, front-facing eyes allowing binocular vision and enhanced depth perception Limbs with opposable first digits Tree-dwelling existence The Evolution of Human Beings ...
What happened in the origin of human consciousness?
... example, highly unlikely that such creatures spoke, although it’s possible that they had quite sophisticated vocal/gestural communication (e.g., Corballis, 2002). At 1.5 myr ago, then, and despite having acquired both an anatomy (adapted for a striding gait out on the open savanna) and a behavior (s ...
... example, highly unlikely that such creatures spoke, although it’s possible that they had quite sophisticated vocal/gestural communication (e.g., Corballis, 2002). At 1.5 myr ago, then, and despite having acquired both an anatomy (adapted for a striding gait out on the open savanna) and a behavior (s ...
ANTH 161 - University of South Carolina
... The course is an introduction to the science of biological anthropology. Biological anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that emphasizes a focus on humanity and its origin from a biological perspective. As a subfield of Anthropology, biological anthropology recognizes the complex interaction o ...
... The course is an introduction to the science of biological anthropology. Biological anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that emphasizes a focus on humanity and its origin from a biological perspective. As a subfield of Anthropology, biological anthropology recognizes the complex interaction o ...
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.