Postcard - Evolution of modern humans
... March 16 - 18, 2014. Hotel Meliá, Sitges, Spain How did our species, Homo sapiens, become what it is today? How did our ancestors spread across the globe? How did their bodies and minds evolve? The study of these fascinating questions has seen a veritable revolution in recent years: genome sequencin ...
... March 16 - 18, 2014. Hotel Meliá, Sitges, Spain How did our species, Homo sapiens, become what it is today? How did our ancestors spread across the globe? How did their bodies and minds evolve? The study of these fascinating questions has seen a veritable revolution in recent years: genome sequencin ...
1 What makes humans special? - Assets
... body weight began a remarkable journey. The initial part of that journey didn’t involve much by today’s standards, merely the ability to scavenge and possibly chase-hunt the creatures of the sub-Saharan African savannahs, to make some rather modest stone-flaked tools for that purpose, and eventually ...
... body weight began a remarkable journey. The initial part of that journey didn’t involve much by today’s standards, merely the ability to scavenge and possibly chase-hunt the creatures of the sub-Saharan African savannahs, to make some rather modest stone-flaked tools for that purpose, and eventually ...
Ch. 15 Hominin Evolution
... 5. PARANTHROPUS BOISEI ~ LIVED: 2.3 to 1.4 million years ago HABITAT: Tropical Africa DIET: Omnivorous - nuts, seeds, leaves, tubers, fruits, maybe some meat Not a direct ancestor 6. HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS ~ LIVED: 700,000 to 300,000 years ago HABITAT: Temperate and tropical, Africa and Europe DIET: O ...
... 5. PARANTHROPUS BOISEI ~ LIVED: 2.3 to 1.4 million years ago HABITAT: Tropical Africa DIET: Omnivorous - nuts, seeds, leaves, tubers, fruits, maybe some meat Not a direct ancestor 6. HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS ~ LIVED: 700,000 to 300,000 years ago HABITAT: Temperate and tropical, Africa and Europe DIET: O ...
Chapter 1: The First Humans
... Thermoluminescence: Measuring the light given off by electrons trapped in the soil surrounding fossils and artifacts. Relatively precise for items dating back 200,000 years ...
... Thermoluminescence: Measuring the light given off by electrons trapped in the soil surrounding fossils and artifacts. Relatively precise for items dating back 200,000 years ...
Human evolution
... over time to the evolution of distinct human races - adaptation to environmental factors: Bergmann’s rule: describes the relationship of body mass or volume to surface area, in mammals body size tends to be greater in populations that live in colder climates, as mass increases, the relative amount o ...
... over time to the evolution of distinct human races - adaptation to environmental factors: Bergmann’s rule: describes the relationship of body mass or volume to surface area, in mammals body size tends to be greater in populations that live in colder climates, as mass increases, the relative amount o ...
Human Evolution
... Habilines were the first hominids to be associated with tools – they used large pebbles, chipped in at least two directions, as sharpened implements to crush, break and cut. Their additional brain capacity had resulted in advanced manual dexterity. It was applied to the making and using of simple to ...
... Habilines were the first hominids to be associated with tools – they used large pebbles, chipped in at least two directions, as sharpened implements to crush, break and cut. Their additional brain capacity had resulted in advanced manual dexterity. It was applied to the making and using of simple to ...
Chapter Four
... The historian of religion Mircea Eliade recognized that, for members, some objects are not symbols but hierophanies—actual appearances of, eruptions of, breakthroughs of the sacred dimension into the material dimension for Warlpiri, a jukurrpa tree or churinga board is not a symbol but a manifest ...
... The historian of religion Mircea Eliade recognized that, for members, some objects are not symbols but hierophanies—actual appearances of, eruptions of, breakthroughs of the sacred dimension into the material dimension for Warlpiri, a jukurrpa tree or churinga board is not a symbol but a manifest ...
Document
... “Descent with Modification” There are inherited differences between individuals These include random variations Resources are not unlimited Some individuals will flourish more than others and produce more offspring Natural selection occurs if a population changes over generations because o ...
... “Descent with Modification” There are inherited differences between individuals These include random variations Resources are not unlimited Some individuals will flourish more than others and produce more offspring Natural selection occurs if a population changes over generations because o ...
Does cultural evolution need matriliny?
... ethnography, and similarly non-Darwinian fields. Contemporary human patterns have typically been projected back as explanations of supposed counterparts in the Plio-Pleistocene. A well-known example from the 1970s was the claim by archaeologists that Oldowan lithic traditions indicated modern hunter ...
... ethnography, and similarly non-Darwinian fields. Contemporary human patterns have typically been projected back as explanations of supposed counterparts in the Plio-Pleistocene. A well-known example from the 1970s was the claim by archaeologists that Oldowan lithic traditions indicated modern hunter ...
Box 5.2 Was Cooking the Driving Force of Human Evolution?
... advantage of the new diet. There were changes in anatomy, physiology, ecology, life history, psychology, and society. Fossil evidence indicates that this dependence arose not just some tens of thousands of years ago, or even a few hundred thousand, but right back at the beginning of our time on Eart ...
... advantage of the new diet. There were changes in anatomy, physiology, ecology, life history, psychology, and society. Fossil evidence indicates that this dependence arose not just some tens of thousands of years ago, or even a few hundred thousand, but right back at the beginning of our time on Eart ...
What is World History
... Written history began about five to six thousand years ago when people began to write and keep records. To understand and create this record of the past, historians use ...
... Written history began about five to six thousand years ago when people began to write and keep records. To understand and create this record of the past, historians use ...
Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic By Jack Hunter
... documented and described encounters with phenomena that seem to transcend the everyday world of mundane things, and hint at the existence of a universe populated by innumerable minds and powerful forces. This is the world that has come to be called ‘supernatural’, a term which, etymologically, sugge ...
... documented and described encounters with phenomena that seem to transcend the everyday world of mundane things, and hint at the existence of a universe populated by innumerable minds and powerful forces. This is the world that has come to be called ‘supernatural’, a term which, etymologically, sugge ...
chapter 19 - Geoclassroom Home
... The Phylogeny of Humans A 90-minute activity that utilizes the early technique of DNA-DNA hybridization can be used to illustrate the genetic difference between the human and ape superfamily, Hominoidea. Complete directions and suggestions can be found in “Building a Phylogenetic Tree, The ...
... The Phylogeny of Humans A 90-minute activity that utilizes the early technique of DNA-DNA hybridization can be used to illustrate the genetic difference between the human and ape superfamily, Hominoidea. Complete directions and suggestions can be found in “Building a Phylogenetic Tree, The ...
Course Prefix/Number: ANT 3241
... application of terms, discovery of patterns, and sometimes comparison of results (given either at the completion of the section, or as part of the final examination) 6. Essay examination – a series of required essay responses to specific queries relating to the content of the course as a whole. Essa ...
... application of terms, discovery of patterns, and sometimes comparison of results (given either at the completion of the section, or as part of the final examination) 6. Essay examination – a series of required essay responses to specific queries relating to the content of the course as a whole. Essa ...
History of Animal Behavior
... • This school of thought advocates the use of strict experimental procedures to study observable behaviors (or responses) in relation to environment (or stimuli) • Ethology (Zoologists) • This school of thought advocates studying behavior under naturalistic conditions. It explores animal behavior in ...
... • This school of thought advocates the use of strict experimental procedures to study observable behaviors (or responses) in relation to environment (or stimuli) • Ethology (Zoologists) • This school of thought advocates studying behavior under naturalistic conditions. It explores animal behavior in ...
Studies slow the human DNA clock
... ancestors of Europeans and Asians left Africa about 60,000 years ago. That date caused many to conclude that 100,000-year-old human fossils discovered in Israel represented a deadend migration rather than the beginning of a global exodus, says Scally. Scally’s calculations put “out of Africa” closer ...
... ancestors of Europeans and Asians left Africa about 60,000 years ago. That date caused many to conclude that 100,000-year-old human fossils discovered in Israel represented a deadend migration rather than the beginning of a global exodus, says Scally. Scally’s calculations put “out of Africa” closer ...
information - The Religious Studies Project
... Lech!Trzcionkowski#(Institute#for#the#Study#of#Religions,#Jagiellonian#University)# Matylda!Ciołkosz!(Institute#for#the#Study#of#Religions,#Jagiellonian#University)! Małgorzata!Alicja!Dulska!(Institute#for#the#Study#of#Religions,#Jagiellonian#University)! Joanna!MalitaGKról!(Institute#for#the#Study# ...
... Lech!Trzcionkowski#(Institute#for#the#Study#of#Religions,#Jagiellonian#University)# Matylda!Ciołkosz!(Institute#for#the#Study#of#Religions,#Jagiellonian#University)! Małgorzata!Alicja!Dulska!(Institute#for#the#Study#of#Religions,#Jagiellonian#University)! Joanna!MalitaGKról!(Institute#for#the#Study# ...
PDF file - religions.confer.uj.edu.pl
... Lech Trzcionkowski (Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University) Matylda Ciołkosz (Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University) Małgorzata Alicja Dulska (Institute for the Study of ...
... Lech Trzcionkowski (Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University) Matylda Ciołkosz (Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University) Małgorzata Alicja Dulska (Institute for the Study of ...
ideology, ritual practice, and cultural heritage: an introduction
... argues that “ritual is a form of human action that leaves material traces, whereas religion is a more abstract symbolic system consisting of beliefs, myths, and doctrines.” While archaeologists tend to focus on the material remains, socio-cultural anthropologists can explore the cognitive realm of r ...
... argues that “ritual is a form of human action that leaves material traces, whereas religion is a more abstract symbolic system consisting of beliefs, myths, and doctrines.” While archaeologists tend to focus on the material remains, socio-cultural anthropologists can explore the cognitive realm of r ...
Richard Wrangham
... For several decades, Professor Wrangham has studied primates in the wild including several species of baboon and Vervet monkeys but his work on the ecological and behavior comparisons of chimpanzees and humans has been his greatest contribution to the animal behavior literature. His insights into th ...
... For several decades, Professor Wrangham has studied primates in the wild including several species of baboon and Vervet monkeys but his work on the ecological and behavior comparisons of chimpanzees and humans has been his greatest contribution to the animal behavior literature. His insights into th ...
Abstract
... The archaeological record of the human settlement of the Pacific describes two discreet periods of range expansion. Some of the earliest evidence of modern humans outside of Africa is found in the Pacific dated to 60,000 years ago. By 29,000 years ago humans had settled the intervisible islands exte ...
... The archaeological record of the human settlement of the Pacific describes two discreet periods of range expansion. Some of the earliest evidence of modern humans outside of Africa is found in the Pacific dated to 60,000 years ago. By 29,000 years ago humans had settled the intervisible islands exte ...
Questions and Answers on Evolution
... scientific standpoint. Science and religion ask different questions about the world. Many individual scientists — from Rev. George Coyne, Director of The Vatican Observatory, to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health — ...
... scientific standpoint. Science and religion ask different questions about the world. Many individual scientists — from Rev. George Coyne, Director of The Vatican Observatory, to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health — ...
versión PDF - U. de Chile
... As to what prompted Homo's initial shift toward the higher-quality diet necessary for brain growth, environmental change appears to have once more set the stage for evolutionary change. The continued desiccation of the African landscape limited the amount and variety of edible plant foods available ...
... As to what prompted Homo's initial shift toward the higher-quality diet necessary for brain growth, environmental change appears to have once more set the stage for evolutionary change. The continued desiccation of the African landscape limited the amount and variety of edible plant foods available ...
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.