Hunter-Gatherers in Southeast Asia
... of the mouth area, indicate that it could well be ancestral in form to the modern hunter-gatherers and Australian Aborigines. Higham et al. (2009) have shown that Niah was occupied by at least 45 kya. Because there is evidence for human activity 50 cm below the earliest dated layer, this figure is c ...
... of the mouth area, indicate that it could well be ancestral in form to the modern hunter-gatherers and Australian Aborigines. Higham et al. (2009) have shown that Niah was occupied by at least 45 kya. Because there is evidence for human activity 50 cm below the earliest dated layer, this figure is c ...
The Virgin-Birth Debate in Anthropological Literature
... Three answers are listed: (1) One may hold that people profess such beliefs because of childish ignorance—a position Leach rejects outright as inapplicable just as much to the Australian aborigines as to Christians.18 (2) One may take the theologian's or the believer's answer, which states simply th ...
... Three answers are listed: (1) One may hold that people profess such beliefs because of childish ignorance—a position Leach rejects outright as inapplicable just as much to the Australian aborigines as to Christians.18 (2) One may take the theologian's or the believer's answer, which states simply th ...
Human Origins
... of their time in male-only groups that will occasionally wage war against other chimpanzees. Amazingly, the chimpanzee’s closest ape relative, the bonobo, shows very different behavior. These apes are generally peace-loving and avoid the violence that is typical of the other four members of the grea ...
... of their time in male-only groups that will occasionally wage war against other chimpanzees. Amazingly, the chimpanzee’s closest ape relative, the bonobo, shows very different behavior. These apes are generally peace-loving and avoid the violence that is typical of the other four members of the grea ...
SUMMONING THE SACRED IN SUMERIAN INCANTATIONS
... The question of the extent to which illness was perceived as divine punishment is discussed further below. However, some incantations which specify the antecedents of an illness make it clear that it was thought to be a consequence of transgression. In such cases the emphasis on purification appears ...
... The question of the extent to which illness was perceived as divine punishment is discussed further below. However, some incantations which specify the antecedents of an illness make it clear that it was thought to be a consequence of transgression. In such cases the emphasis on purification appears ...
Tempo, mode and phylogenetic associations of relative embryo size
... Trends may be driven by anagenetic change accumulated slowly within a species, with speciation (cladogenesis) being a mechanism to iterate this process across species (Gould, 2002). Thus, an evolutionary trend driven by anagenesis may be caused by natural selection within a lineage and also on avera ...
... Trends may be driven by anagenetic change accumulated slowly within a species, with speciation (cladogenesis) being a mechanism to iterate this process across species (Gould, 2002). Thus, an evolutionary trend driven by anagenesis may be caused by natural selection within a lineage and also on avera ...
Analogical Reasoning - Scholarship@Western
... recognize another's mind and thoughts, at least in tenns of human cognition (Povinelli and Giambrone, 2000). Moreover, it could be argued that "most of our social interactions begin with a detennination of the attentional state of our communicative partners. [T]he appreciation that we see (and hence ...
... recognize another's mind and thoughts, at least in tenns of human cognition (Povinelli and Giambrone, 2000). Moreover, it could be argued that "most of our social interactions begin with a detennination of the attentional state of our communicative partners. [T]he appreciation that we see (and hence ...
Cultural Anthropology 102 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... 1. To understand the race concept what historical knowledge is important? 2. How did science, economics, and politics converge to formulate and impact our current understanding of race? 2. How does the race concept distort and prejudice our ideas about human differences and human behavior? Hint: if ...
... 1. To understand the race concept what historical knowledge is important? 2. How did science, economics, and politics converge to formulate and impact our current understanding of race? 2. How does the race concept distort and prejudice our ideas about human differences and human behavior? Hint: if ...
ANT1 - unimaid.edu.ng
... in order to be able to get a broad overview of a culture without placing undue stress on any of its components parts. Only by discovering how all social institutionspolitical, economic, and religious-fit together can the ethnographer begin to understand the culture system. The popular image of ethno ...
... in order to be able to get a broad overview of a culture without placing undue stress on any of its components parts. Only by discovering how all social institutionspolitical, economic, and religious-fit together can the ethnographer begin to understand the culture system. The popular image of ethno ...
in PDF - Département de Biologie
... menopause seems to be only present in humans and some whales and most of studies published focuses on those species [10-15]. Indeed, human females have much more to gain by stopping to reproduce and provide parental or grand parental care, than going on re p ro d u ci n g [ 1 0 ] . Th e p r o s p e ...
... menopause seems to be only present in humans and some whales and most of studies published focuses on those species [10-15]. Indeed, human females have much more to gain by stopping to reproduce and provide parental or grand parental care, than going on re p ro d u ci n g [ 1 0 ] . Th e p r o s p e ...
Skin deep - Direct-MS
... THE EVOLUTION OF SKIN PIGMENTATION is linked with that of hairlessness, and to comprehend both these stories, we need to page back in human history. Human beings have been evolving as an independent lineage of apes since at least seven million years ago, when our immediate ancestors diverged from th ...
... THE EVOLUTION OF SKIN PIGMENTATION is linked with that of hairlessness, and to comprehend both these stories, we need to page back in human history. Human beings have been evolving as an independent lineage of apes since at least seven million years ago, when our immediate ancestors diverged from th ...
Q1: Human origins expert Chris Stringer says that there are still
... priesthood from father to son, a cultural characteristic, has been carefully followed for thousands of years? Hint: Video: Gene genealogy > Tracing Ancestries > Some interesting histories> Genetics and culture: the Cohenim ...
... priesthood from father to son, a cultural characteristic, has been carefully followed for thousands of years? Hint: Video: Gene genealogy > Tracing Ancestries > Some interesting histories> Genetics and culture: the Cohenim ...
Nonadaptive processes in primate and human evolution
... diverged considerably farther from our common ancestor. Our unique human traits include bipedal walking, increased manual dexterity, increased brain size, reduced body hair, and our ability to make and use tools and complex language. Most efforts to understand the evolution of these features have em ...
... diverged considerably farther from our common ancestor. Our unique human traits include bipedal walking, increased manual dexterity, increased brain size, reduced body hair, and our ability to make and use tools and complex language. Most efforts to understand the evolution of these features have em ...
Human Universals Revisited. New York and Oxford
... speaking aloud with grammar and syntax or understanding other persons as intentional actors. This latter table suggests how a form of human nature can be distinguished from a non-human animal nature. In Chapter 4, Antweiler describes a number of empirically-based universals identified within anthrop ...
... speaking aloud with grammar and syntax or understanding other persons as intentional actors. This latter table suggests how a form of human nature can be distinguished from a non-human animal nature. In Chapter 4, Antweiler describes a number of empirically-based universals identified within anthrop ...
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... Q62: When scientists compare phylogenic trees created using mtDNA data to trees created using Ychromosome data, they find that the trees differ. How do scientists account for these differences, and what does it tell us about the movement of early human beings? Hint: Video: Gene Genealogy > Tracing a ...
... Q62: When scientists compare phylogenic trees created using mtDNA data to trees created using Ychromosome data, they find that the trees differ. How do scientists account for these differences, and what does it tell us about the movement of early human beings? Hint: Video: Gene Genealogy > Tracing a ...
Extended evolution: A conceptual framework for integrating
... conception of how systems at multiple scales interact with each other, where some are defined as internal to the organizational level of study and some are defined as context or environment. A precise definition of the nature of these interactions is, however, a prerequisite for a causal model of the e ...
... conception of how systems at multiple scales interact with each other, where some are defined as internal to the organizational level of study and some are defined as context or environment. A precise definition of the nature of these interactions is, however, a prerequisite for a causal model of the e ...
To what extent did Neanderthals and modern humans interact?
... European settlers, Neanderthals could have been the recipients of a number of deadly plagues from invading modern humans that spread through immunologically vulnerable individuals. Given that mass-scale death is facilitated at high population densities, it is possible that seasonal gatherings and su ...
... European settlers, Neanderthals could have been the recipients of a number of deadly plagues from invading modern humans that spread through immunologically vulnerable individuals. Given that mass-scale death is facilitated at high population densities, it is possible that seasonal gatherings and su ...
Evolution on purpose: how behaviour has shaped the evolutionary
... The idea that behaviour has played an important role in evolution has had its ups and downs over the past two centuries. Now it appears to be up once again. Lamarck can claim priority for this insight, along with Darwin’s more guarded view. However, there followed a long ‘dark-age’, which began with ...
... The idea that behaviour has played an important role in evolution has had its ups and downs over the past two centuries. Now it appears to be up once again. Lamarck can claim priority for this insight, along with Darwin’s more guarded view. However, there followed a long ‘dark-age’, which began with ...
Traditions of Biolinguistics
... music, speech and cognition), translating specialist material into an engrossing narrative casual readers will appreciate. Beginning with a survey of modern theories of the evolution of language, music and thought, Mithen cherry picks ones that lay the groundwork for the book's second (and most subs ...
... music, speech and cognition), translating specialist material into an engrossing narrative casual readers will appreciate. Beginning with a survey of modern theories of the evolution of language, music and thought, Mithen cherry picks ones that lay the groundwork for the book's second (and most subs ...
Evolutionary tree of volvocine algae
... An evolutionary tree of volvocine algae based on the nucleotide sequences of five chloroplast genes. This phylogenetic analysis indicates that multicellularity evolved only once in this group. In contrast, a partial germ-soma division of labor evolved independently in three different lineages and wa ...
... An evolutionary tree of volvocine algae based on the nucleotide sequences of five chloroplast genes. This phylogenetic analysis indicates that multicellularity evolved only once in this group. In contrast, a partial germ-soma division of labor evolved independently in three different lineages and wa ...
Kinship and Evolved Psychological Dispositions
... kinship and of evolutionary and epidemiological approaches to culture. It argues that the ritualized patterns of behavior discussed by Radcliffe-Brown, Goody, and others are to be explained in terms of the interaction of a variety of factors, some local and historical, others pertaining to general h ...
... kinship and of evolutionary and epidemiological approaches to culture. It argues that the ritualized patterns of behavior discussed by Radcliffe-Brown, Goody, and others are to be explained in terms of the interaction of a variety of factors, some local and historical, others pertaining to general h ...
Lecture - University College Dublin
... have some idea of the types of categories to expect, i.e. they expect something like nouns and verbs to be found. These things may seem fairly simple, but they are extremely powerful and not entirely obvious. They make the complexity of the language learning problem much more manageable. But of cour ...
... have some idea of the types of categories to expect, i.e. they expect something like nouns and verbs to be found. These things may seem fairly simple, but they are extremely powerful and not entirely obvious. They make the complexity of the language learning problem much more manageable. But of cour ...
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... of secular anthropology [6]. Their critical stance towards religion did not hinder them from retaining it as a fascinating topic of research, and anthropologists have continued to study it ever since. Although secularization theory proposed that religion—and by extension magic—would eventually becom ...
... of secular anthropology [6]. Their critical stance towards religion did not hinder them from retaining it as a fascinating topic of research, and anthropologists have continued to study it ever since. Although secularization theory proposed that religion—and by extension magic—would eventually becom ...
Brain Morphology of the Zhoukoudian H. erectus Half a Million
... sinuses (Fig. 2). Analysis of fossil hominid endocasts allows inferences on the evolution of human brain in an evolutionary context. The ZKD endocasts are good samples to know ancestral brains and to study human evolution. A g r o u p o f s i x H . e re c t u s specimens have been derived from the s ...
... sinuses (Fig. 2). Analysis of fossil hominid endocasts allows inferences on the evolution of human brain in an evolutionary context. The ZKD endocasts are good samples to know ancestral brains and to study human evolution. A g r o u p o f s i x H . e re c t u s specimens have been derived from the s ...
Monkeys Show a Sense of Fairness
... Brosnan’s research suggests there is a connection between animal cooperation and a dislike of unfair treatment. However, as Brosnan explains, “We don’t know whether [monkeys] become cooperative and then learn to not like being treated unfairly, or the other way around. But that opens up a whole new ...
... Brosnan’s research suggests there is a connection between animal cooperation and a dislike of unfair treatment. However, as Brosnan explains, “We don’t know whether [monkeys] become cooperative and then learn to not like being treated unfairly, or the other way around. But that opens up a whole new ...
How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
... namely, as prey—have been known to wander all the way down to the distant Napo River. The shamans in Río Blanco, a Runa settlement on the banks of the Upper Napo where I worked in the late 1980s, would see these werejaguars in their aya huasca-induced visions. “The runa puma that walk the forests a ...
... namely, as prey—have been known to wander all the way down to the distant Napo River. The shamans in Río Blanco, a Runa settlement on the banks of the Upper Napo where I worked in the late 1980s, would see these werejaguars in their aya huasca-induced visions. “The runa puma that walk the forests a ...
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.