australopithecus afarensis and human evolution
... first good evidence in East Africa of two very different hominid species living at the same place and time. But what was this other, more gracile hominid? Louis Leakey, along with South African anatomist Phillip Tobias and British anatomist John Napier, concluded that these fossils should be attribu ...
... first good evidence in East Africa of two very different hominid species living at the same place and time. But what was this other, more gracile hominid? Louis Leakey, along with South African anatomist Phillip Tobias and British anatomist John Napier, concluded that these fossils should be attribu ...
Humeral Length Allometry in African Hominids (sensu lato) with
... We have previously argued that the femora of A.L. 288-1 (“Lucy,” referred to Australopithecus afarensis) and Liang Bua (LB) 1 (holotype of Homo floresiensis) have lengths near those expected for modern humans of their diminutive size. Jungers has argued that these same fossil hominins have humeri th ...
... We have previously argued that the femora of A.L. 288-1 (“Lucy,” referred to Australopithecus afarensis) and Liang Bua (LB) 1 (holotype of Homo floresiensis) have lengths near those expected for modern humans of their diminutive size. Jungers has argued that these same fossil hominins have humeri th ...
Understanding Anthropology Through Interpretation of Symbolic
... lack of permanent criteria is absent. When we compare this with Thuen’s work, the ‘reindeer Sami’ will be the ones becoming including and representative, while the rest ‘joins in on the ride’. However, why then precisely the reindeer as the representative? It would be more natural in relation to the ...
... lack of permanent criteria is absent. When we compare this with Thuen’s work, the ‘reindeer Sami’ will be the ones becoming including and representative, while the rest ‘joins in on the ride’. However, why then precisely the reindeer as the representative? It would be more natural in relation to the ...
Cодержание 3/2015
... Art as a part of human culture shapes human values, and the contribution of each individual to cultural creativity and the development of society is valuable and unique. Y.Y. Roginsky stated this in his works (1965, 1969) about «age-old types of characters», as well as the implications of paleolithi ...
... Art as a part of human culture shapes human values, and the contribution of each individual to cultural creativity and the development of society is valuable and unique. Y.Y. Roginsky stated this in his works (1965, 1969) about «age-old types of characters», as well as the implications of paleolithi ...
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... Nevertheless, in Muslim Society Gellner did present a very distinct set of ideas, depending on whether he was discussing the traditional or the modern or modernising Islamic world. We may sum these up thus: drawing upon a number of thinkers, he concurs with them that pre-modern Islamic countries are ...
... Nevertheless, in Muslim Society Gellner did present a very distinct set of ideas, depending on whether he was discussing the traditional or the modern or modernising Islamic world. We may sum these up thus: drawing upon a number of thinkers, he concurs with them that pre-modern Islamic countries are ...
Missions and Anthropology
... instance, how does the Gospel express itself in the context of cultural variety? Western thought stressed cultural uniformity and western culture as the ideal. The Gospel became equated with a particular cultural form. But missions faced the fact that the Gospel can and does take many different cult ...
... instance, how does the Gospel express itself in the context of cultural variety? Western thought stressed cultural uniformity and western culture as the ideal. The Gospel became equated with a particular cultural form. But missions faced the fact that the Gospel can and does take many different cult ...
The Social Condition of Knowledge
... impasse. Because postmodernists are so preoccupied with the distortion of meanings encountered in other cultures, they achieve little more than ‘subjectivity and navel-gazing’ (PRR: 41). Postmodernists ‘agonize so much about their inability to know themselves and the Other, at any level of regress, ...
... impasse. Because postmodernists are so preoccupied with the distortion of meanings encountered in other cultures, they achieve little more than ‘subjectivity and navel-gazing’ (PRR: 41). Postmodernists ‘agonize so much about their inability to know themselves and the Other, at any level of regress, ...
Aromorphoses in Biological аnd Social Evolution
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
Стаття англійська мова Воронкова В.Г
... are inseparable from each other, they form a single trend, based on the law of negation. In the context of this diversity of relationships, moment of integral attitude of man to the world of his social being is formed, and this integrity is inseparable and makes the connection of all components inse ...
... are inseparable from each other, they form a single trend, based on the law of negation. In the context of this diversity of relationships, moment of integral attitude of man to the world of his social being is formed, and this integrity is inseparable and makes the connection of all components inse ...
Aromorphoses in Biological and Social Evolution
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
Aromorphoses in Biological and Social Evolution
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
Idealism, Materialism, and Biology in the Analysis of Cultural Evolution
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
... the opposite camp insists that the cultural evolution demonstrates all the key Darwinian evolutionary traits and that is why the structure of the research in cultural evolution should share all the fundamental traits of the structure of the research in biological evolution (Mesoudi, Whiten, and Lala ...
Reflections: Guns, Germs, and Steel
... Human history took off between about 100,000 and 50,000 years ago Diamond refers to this as humanity’s Great Leap Forward The earliest definite signs of that leap come from East African sites with standardized stone tools and the first persevered jewelry Most scholars believe the leap occurre ...
... Human history took off between about 100,000 and 50,000 years ago Diamond refers to this as humanity’s Great Leap Forward The earliest definite signs of that leap come from East African sites with standardized stone tools and the first persevered jewelry Most scholars believe the leap occurre ...
ANTHROPOLOGY Spring 2017
... Do the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica or the Middle East fascinate you? Have you ever tried to imagine what life must have been like living in a painted cave and hunting for a living? Have you ever wondered how writing was invented? Archaeology is the study of the life ways of past cultures ba ...
... Do the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica or the Middle East fascinate you? Have you ever tried to imagine what life must have been like living in a painted cave and hunting for a living? Have you ever wondered how writing was invented? Archaeology is the study of the life ways of past cultures ba ...
How Do We Reconstruct Hunting Patterns in the Past?
... of identifying demographic patterns in prehistory that were not like what we see today. Is there any reason to believe, for example, that australopithecines some two to three million years ago were organized in bands with populations at or above 500 individuals? Few paleoanthropologists would seriou ...
... of identifying demographic patterns in prehistory that were not like what we see today. Is there any reason to believe, for example, that australopithecines some two to three million years ago were organized in bands with populations at or above 500 individuals? Few paleoanthropologists would seriou ...
human origins, dispersal and associated environments: an african
... chapter in human evolution, because most hominins that appeared prior to this time were more apes than humans in their overall characteristics. It was with the appearance of the genus Homo that the human line started to achieve major evolutionary changes toward the modern condition, such as expansio ...
... chapter in human evolution, because most hominins that appeared prior to this time were more apes than humans in their overall characteristics. It was with the appearance of the genus Homo that the human line started to achieve major evolutionary changes toward the modern condition, such as expansio ...
new version of the theory of unique and recent origin of modern man
... body form associated to the endurance running ability, I keep the designation of erectus as the species of these peoples. As they are the most ancient Homo erectus peoples I contribute to them “primitivus” as subspecies and therefore Homo erectus primitivus as a complete designation (Table 1). Durin ...
... body form associated to the endurance running ability, I keep the designation of erectus as the species of these peoples. As they are the most ancient Homo erectus peoples I contribute to them “primitivus” as subspecies and therefore Homo erectus primitivus as a complete designation (Table 1). Durin ...
Cross-Cultural Research
... Swanson’s (1960) cross-cultural study of religious beliefs using a regional sample of North American Indian societies (Peregrine, 1996b). Although the results of the replication were mixed, the data I collected provide an initial set for exploring archaeological correlates of religious behavior amon ...
... Swanson’s (1960) cross-cultural study of religious beliefs using a regional sample of North American Indian societies (Peregrine, 1996b). Although the results of the replication were mixed, the data I collected provide an initial set for exploring archaeological correlates of religious behavior amon ...
Н - Sociostudies.org
... system. The revisionists argue that that larger social system has affected Bushman life for many centuries. Through recent decades, writings in Khoisan studies have focused attention on sharing and reciprocity, and this interest transcends these other, more specific, emphases. This was a concern of ...
... system. The revisionists argue that that larger social system has affected Bushman life for many centuries. Through recent decades, writings in Khoisan studies have focused attention on sharing and reciprocity, and this interest transcends these other, more specific, emphases. This was a concern of ...
Psychology Department Colloquium Dr. Daryl Cameron University of Iowa
... Motivation, Capacity, and the Limits of Empathy Empathy, or the ability to share what others feel, is considered by many philosophers and scientists to be foundational to human morality. Empathy can facilitate pro‐social outcomes such as charity, cooperation, and tolerance. Yet empathy appears ...
... Motivation, Capacity, and the Limits of Empathy Empathy, or the ability to share what others feel, is considered by many philosophers and scientists to be foundational to human morality. Empathy can facilitate pro‐social outcomes such as charity, cooperation, and tolerance. Yet empathy appears ...
The Evolution of Hominid Bipedalism
... posture and becoming human. While Darwin saw continuity between humans and other animals, Engels saw a divide, relating to labor. Other animals simply had to use their own bodies for tools or weapons, but upright walking allowed for hominids to apply their labor to create weapons or tools (Engels 18 ...
... posture and becoming human. While Darwin saw continuity between humans and other animals, Engels saw a divide, relating to labor. Other animals simply had to use their own bodies for tools or weapons, but upright walking allowed for hominids to apply their labor to create weapons or tools (Engels 18 ...
Evolution of the human pygmy phenotype
... phenotype in generally similar environments suggests that it has been favored by natural selection, and several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanisms under which this might have occurred. Here we present the four hypotheses that, in our view, remain most tenable in light of recent ...
... phenotype in generally similar environments suggests that it has been favored by natural selection, and several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanisms under which this might have occurred. Here we present the four hypotheses that, in our view, remain most tenable in light of recent ...
lecture 1 ~2MB - s-f
... primary microcephaly, in which, the brain is of a size comparable with that of early hominids. • It has been proposed that these genes evolved adaptively with increasing primate brain size. Subsequent studies have lent weight to this hypothesis by showing that both genes have undergone positive sele ...
... primary microcephaly, in which, the brain is of a size comparable with that of early hominids. • It has been proposed that these genes evolved adaptively with increasing primate brain size. Subsequent studies have lent weight to this hypothesis by showing that both genes have undergone positive sele ...
Correlations to NATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
... beliefs, values, and behaviors contribute to the development and transmission of culture. d. Explain why individuals and groups respond differently to their physical and social environments and/or changes to them on the basis of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs. e. Articulate the implications ...
... beliefs, values, and behaviors contribute to the development and transmission of culture. d. Explain why individuals and groups respond differently to their physical and social environments and/or changes to them on the basis of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs. e. Articulate the implications ...
Broca`s area and the evolution of language
... • Modifying pre-existing brain circuitry is always the most likely evolutionary scenario • Brain size in primates is associated with both: 1) richness of vocalizations 2) size of social group (and presumably social complexity) • Parts of the brain relevant to language have undergone disproportionate ...
... • Modifying pre-existing brain circuitry is always the most likely evolutionary scenario • Brain size in primates is associated with both: 1) richness of vocalizations 2) size of social group (and presumably social complexity) • Parts of the brain relevant to language have undergone disproportionate ...
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.