physical evolution of humans
... know that dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. The first hominids (human-like primates) did not appear until 3.6 million years ago. • Even if scientists are off a few million years or so, early man simply did not live during the same period in history as dinosaurs. • This is not to say tha ...
... know that dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. The first hominids (human-like primates) did not appear until 3.6 million years ago. • Even if scientists are off a few million years or so, early man simply did not live during the same period in history as dinosaurs. • This is not to say tha ...
PPTX - Student Handouts
... Convergent evolution – different species (such as humans and Neanderthals) developing same characteristic(s) ...
... Convergent evolution – different species (such as humans and Neanderthals) developing same characteristic(s) ...
The Earliest Humans PowerPoint Presentation
... Convergent evolution – different species (such as humans and Neanderthals) developing same characteristic(s) ...
... Convergent evolution – different species (such as humans and Neanderthals) developing same characteristic(s) ...
Anthropology 5 Magic, Science & Religion
... lead to misguided feelings of anger and hate, which may eventually lead to warfare and death. – Most interpersonal or inter-group conflicts are caused by a lack of understanding. – Discovering similarities between one’s own culture and that of others leads to more harmonious relationships. ...
... lead to misguided feelings of anger and hate, which may eventually lead to warfare and death. – Most interpersonal or inter-group conflicts are caused by a lack of understanding. – Discovering similarities between one’s own culture and that of others leads to more harmonious relationships. ...
The Gene That Made Us Human
... hence would have been unaffected by evolutionary pressures. Lahn found that the ASPM gene in humans has undergone 15 important mutations since we last shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees, about 5 million years ago. Significantly, compared with the other animals studied, humans have experienced ...
... hence would have been unaffected by evolutionary pressures. Lahn found that the ASPM gene in humans has undergone 15 important mutations since we last shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees, about 5 million years ago. Significantly, compared with the other animals studied, humans have experienced ...
Reader 1 - Development of Civilizations
... EVEN SEEN development", as opposed to what many consider to be WITH HORROR less "advanced" societies like a jungle tribe. This definition, however, is unclear, subjective, and it carries with it assumptions no longer accepted by modern scholarship on how human societies have changed during their BY ...
... EVEN SEEN development", as opposed to what many consider to be WITH HORROR less "advanced" societies like a jungle tribe. This definition, however, is unclear, subjective, and it carries with it assumptions no longer accepted by modern scholarship on how human societies have changed during their BY ...
Anthropolgoy
... Investigate the interactions between and among human health, nutrition, social environment and cultural beliefs and practices. ...
... Investigate the interactions between and among human health, nutrition, social environment and cultural beliefs and practices. ...
Anthropology (ANT)
... Anthropology 111 is an introduction to the study of evolution, human origins, archaeology and the development of human society in prehistory. The student will learn about the genetic, environmental, and cultural processes affecting human variation and adaptation. Students will also study the taxonom ...
... Anthropology 111 is an introduction to the study of evolution, human origins, archaeology and the development of human society in prehistory. The student will learn about the genetic, environmental, and cultural processes affecting human variation and adaptation. Students will also study the taxonom ...
indigenous people - Bakersfield College
... expansion on other societies – Destruction, domination, resistance, survival, adaptation, and modification of local cultures may follow interethnic contact ...
... expansion on other societies – Destruction, domination, resistance, survival, adaptation, and modification of local cultures may follow interethnic contact ...
Grandmothering
... • Serves as an adaptive strategy for related individuals to exhibit altruistic behaviors in order to ensure the survival of their own genetic material being passed on. • Hamilton’s rule: RB > C • Evidence emerged around 1.7 to 1.8 million years ago demonstrated in food sharing and female foraging pr ...
... • Serves as an adaptive strategy for related individuals to exhibit altruistic behaviors in order to ensure the survival of their own genetic material being passed on. • Hamilton’s rule: RB > C • Evidence emerged around 1.7 to 1.8 million years ago demonstrated in food sharing and female foraging pr ...
Chapter 12/17 review
... Primates: have flexible hands and feet, large brains in relation to body size, forward-looking eyes. Hominids: are humans and their ancestors. Human evolution shows the increase in the brain relative to the body size. Humans came about 200,000 years ago. Neanderthals had the largest brains but were ...
... Primates: have flexible hands and feet, large brains in relation to body size, forward-looking eyes. Hominids: are humans and their ancestors. Human evolution shows the increase in the brain relative to the body size. Humans came about 200,000 years ago. Neanderthals had the largest brains but were ...
Review Book Topic D: Evolution - wfs
... more difficult than gathering pant foods, so natural selection may have favored hominids with larger brains and greater intelligence. 20. The large brains of Homo sapiens and other species of Homo allow much to be learned in childhood and adulthood. 21. Many kinds of behavior are passed on from one ...
... more difficult than gathering pant foods, so natural selection may have favored hominids with larger brains and greater intelligence. 20. The large brains of Homo sapiens and other species of Homo allow much to be learned in childhood and adulthood. 21. Many kinds of behavior are passed on from one ...
Link to Document
... handedness (90% of modern human population is right handed). Neandertals at La Chapelle aux Saints, France (70-35,000 BP) – left hemisphere of brain case slightly enlarged, perhaps indicating right handedness. when did speech develop? Anatomical reconstruction of the vocal tract suggests that e ...
... handedness (90% of modern human population is right handed). Neandertals at La Chapelle aux Saints, France (70-35,000 BP) – left hemisphere of brain case slightly enlarged, perhaps indicating right handedness. when did speech develop? Anatomical reconstruction of the vocal tract suggests that e ...
Slide 1
... Hunters and Gathers spent most of their time doing this. Looking for food and trying to avoid dangerous animals. ...
... Hunters and Gathers spent most of their time doing this. Looking for food and trying to avoid dangerous animals. ...
Social Brain Hypothesis
... • Total brain volume and TOM; as brain grows larger more diverse processing units can be integrated and directed to one task. Summary: • Great ape social groups appear to be more complex than Old world monkey groups (even though OWM groups can often be just as larger if not larger in number) • Impor ...
... • Total brain volume and TOM; as brain grows larger more diverse processing units can be integrated and directed to one task. Summary: • Great ape social groups appear to be more complex than Old world monkey groups (even though OWM groups can often be just as larger if not larger in number) • Impor ...
Anthropology 5 Magic, Science & Religion
... lead to misguided feelings of anger and hate, which may eventually lead to warfare and death. – Most interpersonal or inter-group conflicts are caused by a lack of understanding. – Discovering similarities between one’s own culture and that of others leads to more harmonious relationships. ...
... lead to misguided feelings of anger and hate, which may eventually lead to warfare and death. – Most interpersonal or inter-group conflicts are caused by a lack of understanding. – Discovering similarities between one’s own culture and that of others leads to more harmonious relationships. ...
Anthropological Theories
... confirming evidence supports it. In the Social Sciences (e.g. cultural anthropology) theories explain human behavior, beliefs and customs. Due to the complexity of human behavior, social science theories may be difficult to test. Therefore, theories are accepted if they can reliably explain human be ...
... confirming evidence supports it. In the Social Sciences (e.g. cultural anthropology) theories explain human behavior, beliefs and customs. Due to the complexity of human behavior, social science theories may be difficult to test. Therefore, theories are accepted if they can reliably explain human be ...
Social science
... They use existing sociological theories and methods of inquiry to sort out probable answers from unlikely ones. p.3 They use scientific standards, not popular myths or hearsay. They use systematic research techniques. p.6 Some would be most interested in the demographic profiles (e.g. age, marital s ...
... They use existing sociological theories and methods of inquiry to sort out probable answers from unlikely ones. p.3 They use scientific standards, not popular myths or hearsay. They use systematic research techniques. p.6 Some would be most interested in the demographic profiles (e.g. age, marital s ...
Introduction to World History/Agriculture and Technology Notes
... a. Five Themes of Geography – consider these 1. Relative location – location compared to others 2. Physical characteristics – climate, vegetation and human characteristics 3. Human/environment interaction – how do humans interact/alter environ a. Leads to change 4. Movement – peoples, goods, ideas a ...
... a. Five Themes of Geography – consider these 1. Relative location – location compared to others 2. Physical characteristics – climate, vegetation and human characteristics 3. Human/environment interaction – how do humans interact/alter environ a. Leads to change 4. Movement – peoples, goods, ideas a ...
Chapter 14 Religion: Ritual and Belief Overview All cultures share
... 2. Beliefs and behaviors surround, support, and promote the acceptance that those things more powerful than humans actually exist. 3. Symbols that make these beliefs and behaviors seem both intense and genuine. 4. Social settings, usually involving important rituals, that people share while experien ...
... 2. Beliefs and behaviors surround, support, and promote the acceptance that those things more powerful than humans actually exist. 3. Symbols that make these beliefs and behaviors seem both intense and genuine. 4. Social settings, usually involving important rituals, that people share while experien ...
Becoming Human Viewers Guide
... Read the three quotes and answer the following questions using the quotes, images and the notes you have taken as evidence. 1. “She was the ape that stood up.” 2. “Hominds such as Lucy serve as a touchstone for discussing human origins.” 3. “In some ways, homo erectus was the evolutionary parent of ...
... Read the three quotes and answer the following questions using the quotes, images and the notes you have taken as evidence. 1. “She was the ape that stood up.” 2. “Hominds such as Lucy serve as a touchstone for discussing human origins.” 3. “In some ways, homo erectus was the evolutionary parent of ...
Hominids
... in Germany. Their remains have been dated to between 100,000 and 300,000 B.C. This species utilized fire, and used a collection of various tools to survive. They were also the first of the Hominids to bury their dead, leading many scientists to believe that they believed in an afterlife. Neanderthal ...
... in Germany. Their remains have been dated to between 100,000 and 300,000 B.C. This species utilized fire, and used a collection of various tools to survive. They were also the first of the Hominids to bury their dead, leading many scientists to believe that they believed in an afterlife. Neanderthal ...
Modern Science and its Implications
... vigorously rejected by organized religion, in much the same way that Copernicus and Galileo were attacked. Why? What was it about these ideas that threatened Christian teachings? (There is likely more than one reason.) In time, the astronomical theories were accepted by the Church, but Darwin’s conc ...
... vigorously rejected by organized religion, in much the same way that Copernicus and Galileo were attacked. Why? What was it about these ideas that threatened Christian teachings? (There is likely more than one reason.) In time, the astronomical theories were accepted by the Church, but Darwin’s conc ...
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.